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Ebola one step closer to eradication

Top Ebola researchers say a new treatment can cure symptoms in just an hour

After researching the Ebola virus for over fifty years, Dr Jean Jacque Muyembe and his team have announced a new cure that has proved effective in curing 90% of Ebola patients when symptoms are reported early.

Married Tanzanian men should register their names in an online database that women can search. A proposal from Dar es Salaam's regional commissioner Paul Makonda.

It seems the UK's largest police force has taken an interest in a Nigerian reality TV show, Big Brother Naija. And that's because one of its serving officers, PC Khafi Kareem, has flown from London to take part in the show, apparently without permission.

(Photo: An Ebola survivor in DRC. Credit: Getty Images)

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Tue 13 Aug 201919:06GMT

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