West Africa

If confirmed, the reported deployment is a further sign of Russian penetration into West Africa—at the expense of Western powers.

More countries announce that they’re leaving the G5 Sahel security confederation amid rising jihadist attacks by al-Qaeda and ISIS.

Move is announced on same day that high-level Russian delegation visits Niamey for talks with country’s new leadership.

A US official estimates there are 3,000 active cases of Ebola in West Africa, many in small clusters dotted throughout the countryside that require a more rapid and flexible response.

A top World Health Organization official says the hunt for an Ebola vaccine will produce data about whether they are safe by December — and they could be in experimental field use by January.

Defending their response to the deadly virus Ebola while acknowledging some serious missteps with the country’s first patient, officials on Thursday dismissed the idea of banning airline flights from impacted West African nations.