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 January 28th, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) issued its 18th fact sheet on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The latest fact sheet highlights the opening of a temporary unit for treating non-Ebola infections in Monrovia, Liberia, on January 23rd. It also notes the Government of Senegal’s decision to reopen land border crossings with Guinea on January 26th.

On January 29th, the United Nations (U.N.) World Health Organization (WHO) provided an update on the number of Ebola cases in West Africa, noting that the number of new cases recorded fell below 100 for the first time in seven months, with 65 cases in Sierra Leone, 30 in Guinea, and four in Liberia. According to the WHO, the latest figures evidence a shift in the global response from slowing transmission to ending the epidemic.