New Ebola vaccine causes controversy in DRC

An MP from the Democratic Republic of Congo has said he does not want residents to be guinea pigs. The comments concern the deployment of a new experimental Ebola vaccine produced by the pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson.

Over the past two years, the town of Bamenda in northern Cameroon has been the epicentre of bitter clashes between English and French-speaking Cameroonians. Focus on Africa's Randy Saah speaks to residents and ask them what it means to survive in Bamenda these days.

Ugandan musician and politician Bobi Wine officialises his bid to run for president in the 2021 elections.

(Photo: Nurses working with the World Health Organization (WHO) prepare to administer vaccines at the town all of Mbandaka. Credit: JUNIOR D. KANNAH/AFP/Getty Images