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 November 6th, the United Nations (U.N.) World Food Program (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) called for a scaled-up medical response to the Ebola crisis. The WHO identified a number of candidate vaccines undergoing clinical trials, as well as current clinical trials of therapeutic blood transfusions. The organization also pointed to its recently published study, which provides evidence that supportive care, especially rehydration and correction of metabolic abnormalities, may contribute to patient survival.

On November 6th, the U.S. Department of State welcomed Australia’s announcement that it will contribute $20.5 million toward a 100-bed Ebola treatment unit in Sierra Leone, including funding to RedR, an organization that will arrange for the deployment of Australian specialists to the affect region in support of WHO and other efforts to respond to the Ebola crisis.