West Africa

Atlanta

2 Students returning from West Africa blocked from DeKalb County schools

Editor - October 17, 2014

DECATUR, Ga. — Two DeKalb County school students who had been living in West Africa have been blocked from enrolling in the school until the…

International

Europe, others weigh risks of West African flights

Courier Newsroom - October 13, 2014

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — After seven months in Ebola-stricken Liberia, Vijay Kumar was getting his temperature scanned Thursday at the airport by medical crews...

Atlanta

Pres. Obama Visiting CDC in Atlanta, Announce Plans to Combat Ebola Virus in Africa

Editor - September 16, 2014

President Obama will announce his plans to help stem the tide of the Ebola virus epidemic that’s tearing a swath of destruction in West Africa…

International

Liberian Ebola survivor praises experimental drug

Courier Newsroom - August 30, 2014

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — A Liberian health worker who recovered from Ebola after receiving an experimental drug urged the manufacturer to speed up its...

Atlanta

Ebola virus patient released from Atlanta Hospital

Editor - August 21, 2014

If people were on edge about the Ebola virus when two infected relief workers were flown from West Africa to Georgia and put in an Atlanta…

International

Nigerian police ban protests over kidnapped girls

Courier Newsroom - June 3, 2014

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian police said Monday they have banned protests in the capital demanding that the government rescue more than 200 girls...

International

Nigerian defense chief says abducted girls located

Courier Newsroom - May 26, 2014

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military has located nearly 300 school girls abducted by Islamic extremists but fears using force to try to free...

International

WNBA's Ogwumike sisters affected by Nigerian kidnappings

Courier Newsroom - May 14, 2014

Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike always hoped that one day they would be able to do something to benefit their parents' homeland of Nigeria. The recent...

International

Abducted Nigerian girl scared to go back to school

Courier Newsroom - May 11, 2014

BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — One of the teenagers who escaped from Islamic extremists who abducted more than 300 schoolgirls says the kidnapping was "too...

International

Residents: 50 bodies found in Nigeria violence

Courier Newsroom - May 8, 2014

BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — Residents of a Nigerian town attacked by Boko Haram criticized security forces for failing to protect them despite warnings that...

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