Sierra Leone
Guinea declares end to latest Ebola outbreak that killed 12

By Carley Petesch Jun. 19, 2021 08:59 AM EDT
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Guinea has declared an end to an Ebola outbreak that emerged in February and killed 12 people, according to the...

Ban of African stadiums puts World Cup qualifiers in doubt

By Peter Kanjere May. 04, 2021 03:55 PM EDT
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — The African soccer confederation under new president Patrice Motsepe has banned 20 of its 54 member countries from using their stadiums...

African Cup qualifier canceled over disputed COVID-19 tests

By Gerald Imray Mar. 30, 2021 07:32 PM EDT
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Benin refused to play a decisive African Cup of Nations qualifying game in Sierra Leone on Tuesday after disputing that five of...

Registered nurse Sandra Younan exits an isolation room after caring for a patient at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles on Thursday, March 11, 2021. Younan spent the last year juggling long hours as she watched many patients struggle with the coronavirus and some die. Then there were the patients who claimed the virus was fake or coughed in her face, ignoring mask rules. One man stormed out of the hospital after a positive COVID-19 test, refusing to believe it was accurate. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Nurses fight conspiracy theories along with coronavirus

By Ali Swenson And David Klepper Mar. 13, 2021 02:51 PM EST

FILE - This undated colorized transmission electron micrograph file image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows an Ebola virus virion. The World Health Organization said Thursday Feb. 18, 2021 that it will be sending more than 11,000 Ebola vaccinations to the West African nation of Guinea in the coming days to combat the recent epidemic of the deadly hemorrhagic fever that has been declared in the country's southern N'Zerekore region. (Frederick Murphy/CDC via AP, File)
WHO says more than 11,000 Ebola vaccines will go to Guinea

By Carley Petesch Feb. 18, 2021 08:30 AM EST

FILE- In this Nov. 20, 2014 file photo, an MSF Ebola heath worker is sprayed as he leaves the contaminated zone at the Ebola treatment centre in Gueckedou, Guinea. Guinea has officially declared an Ebola epidemic Monday Feb. 15, 2021, after at least three people have died and others have been infected in the West African nation. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay-File)
Guinea declares Ebola epidemic, neighboring countries act

By Carley Petesch Feb. 15, 2021 11:31 AM EST

Guinea confirms 3 dead from Ebola, first cases since 2016

By Boubacar Diallo Feb. 14, 2021 09:25 AM EST
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Health officials in Guinea on Sunday confirmed that at least three people have died from Ebola there, the first cases declared since it...

FILE - In this December 2005 file photo, Rev. Robert Graetz, second from left, and wife, Jeannie, sing along with Gladys Williams, right, on the Cleveland Avenue bus, during the walk of remembrance to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Montgomery, Ala. Graetz, the only white minister to support the Montgomery bus boycott, died Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. He was 92. (Karen S. Doerr/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)
Religious leaders worldwide, across faiths who died in 2020

By David Crary Dec. 31, 2020 09:02 AM EST

Marie poses for a portrait in Komao village outskirts of Koidu, district of Kono, Sierra Leone, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. The 16-year-old didn't want to get married, but when her now-husband proposed, she and her family were struggling with the economic situation. For that reason she decided to get married. "Now we are together, so if he asks me to get pregnant, I will accept that", she says. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)
AP PHOTOS: Africa weathers COVID-19 storm in 2020

By Jerome Delay Dec. 17, 2020 05:33 AM EST

Marie walks with a friend on a street in Komao village, on the outskirts of Koidu, district of Kono, Sierra Leone, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. A man, in his mid-20s, first caught a glimpse of Marie as she ran with her friends past his house near the village primary school. Soon after, he proposed to the fifth-grader. “I’m going to school now. I don’t want to get married and stay in the house,” she told him. But the pressures of a global pandemic on this remote corner of Sierra Leone were greater than the wishes of a schoolgirl. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Many African, Asian families marry off daughters amid virus

By Krista Larson Dec. 14, 2020 03:11 AM EST

Pregnant women sing and dance before being assisted in a health unit where several women look for assistance with prenatal care in Koidu, district of Kono, Sierra Leone, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Many African, Asian families marry off daughters amid virus

By Krista Larson Dec. 14, 2020 03:09 AM EST

Manchester City's Riyad Mahrez runs during warm up before the English Premier League soccer match between Sheffield United and Manchester City at Bramall Lane stadium in Sheffield, England, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. (Tim Keeton/Pool via AP)
Algeria qualifies for African Cup, Egypt's Elneny has virus

By Gerald Imray Nov. 16, 2020 03:03 PM EST

The Connaught Hospital is seen in the capital Freetown, Sierra Leone Friday, May 8, 2020. Despite the loss of colleagues, Dr. Mamadu Baldeh, one of only four physicians managing the COVID-19 unit at the hospital, is fighting not only to save his coronavirus patients but also to provide quality care for those afflicted with other infectious diseases as he and other health care workers fight for a better system. (Vicki Remoe/VRC Marketing via AP)
Sierra Leone doctor in dedicated mission against COVID-19

By Carley Petesch Sep. 23, 2020 03:08 AM EDT

In this May 21, 2020, photo, the Larson sisters wash their hands inside the gate at their home in Dakar, Senegal. The girls were adopted from Sierra Leone after their father and other relatives died of Ebola. (AP Photo/Krista Larson)
VIRUS DIARY: Facing the coronavirus, still haunted by Ebola

By Krista Larson May. 22, 2020 09:17 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sunday, March 21 2009 file photo, Sudanese refugees gather behind the Oxfam logo at the site of the looted compound of the expelled British aid group, Oxfam at Al Salam refugee camp, outside the Darfur town of al-Fasher, Sudan. Oxfam, one of the world’s leading aid agencies, is to severely curtail its work around the world because of the financial strain caused by the coronavirus pandemic, including the closure of operations in 18 countries at the potential cost of over 1,000 jobs. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)
Shock and sadness as Oxfam plans exit from 18 countries

By Pan Pylas May. 21, 2020 06:50 AM EDT

FILE - In a Saturday, July 13, 2019 file photo, cast member Idris Elba, center, arrives with his wife Sabrina Dhowre Elba, left, and Isan Elba, right, at the Los Angeles premiere of "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw", at the Dolby Theatre. Idris Elba says he and his wife had their lives “turned around” after contracting the coronavirus. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Elba and wife, recovering from coronavirus, to help others

By Louise Dixon Apr. 19, 2020 08:00 PM EDT

African nations, US decry racism against blacks in China

By Cara Anna Apr. 11, 2020 07:55 AM EDT
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — African officials are confronting China publicly and in private over racist mistreatment of Africans in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, and...