In This Issue:

- Leading the News

- United States – Africa Relations

- North Africa

- East Africa

- West Africa

- Sub - Saharan Africa

- General Africa News

- Excerpt from Leading the News:

West Africa Ebola Outbreak -

On February 26th, acknowledging that Ebola transmission remains widespread in Sierra Leone, the United Nations (U.N.) World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.N. Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) raised concerns about challenges in engaging communities to win the fight against the disease. The WHO and UNMEER reported that unsafe burials pose a challenge, in addition to the number of individuals infected with Ebola who are still either unable or reluctant to seek treatment.

On February 26th, the U.S. military mission to build treatment facilities to combat the Ebola outbreak in Liberia came to an end, months earlier than expected. At the peak of the operation, more than 2,800 U.S. troops were deployed to Liberia to build treatment centers, set up mobile testing labs, and provide transportation and logistical support. As the number of new cases of Ebola in Liberia has plummeted in recent months, many treatment centers have been empty. Roughly 100 soldiers are expected to remain in Liberia over the next several months to monitor the disease.