Daily Africa News - August 07, 2014

Daily Africa News August 07, 2014 From VOAAfrica.com

 

Liberia Declares State of Emergency as Ebola Toll Soars President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has described the Ebola epidemic as a clear and present danger to the collective survival of the Liberian nation More   Ebola Emergency Turns Spotlight on Experimental Drugs Researchers say 3 treatments have shown especially promising results in monkeys More   Sierra Leone Blockades Ebola-stricken Areas For a 50-day period, 'no vehicles or persons are allowed into or out of the districts' in the hard-hit eastern area of country, says head of Sierra Leone security forces More   Cockpit Voice Recorder in Crashed Air Algerie Jet Unintelligible Investigators say voice recorder on 18-year-old aircraft used magnetic audio tape, a system replaced in more recent aircraft by digital technology More   Drug Sought from African Tree Salk Institute researching tree growing on São Tomé and Príncipe More   Prosecutor Calls Pistorius 'Deceitful Witness' Pistorius, once a national icon for reaching the pinnacle of sport despite having no lower legs, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted More

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