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Ebola, five countries
Starting in Congo on 15 May, the Ebola epidemic counts 10,699 cases and 5,202 deaths in five countries, including one in Abuja. In South Africa, the ANC heads for its worst result.
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On 20 October, a 42-year-old woman who had flown in from Uganda walked into a private hospital in Abuja; several days passed before the diagnosis. Nigeria’s first Ebola case, the fifth country hit since 15 May; 53 people who came near her are being monitored, none ill. As of 5 November, the Bundibugyo virus epidemic counts 10,699 confirmed cases and 5,202 deaths, almost all in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where it adds to cholera.
Thirty-two years in power
In Johannesburg, the African National Congress is discovering its worst result since 1994. Halfway through the count of the local elections, Mandela’s party, in power for thirty-two years, is losing ground everywhere, and only one voter in two turned out on Wednesday. The other half voted with their feet.
“While giving little”
In Dakar, Naël Lamine Voisin finished fifth in his 50 metres breaststroke heat, the last Senegalese swimmer to enter the water at the Youth Olympic Games. In the stands, the mothers plead for pools, coaches, resources: “You cannot demand a lot while giving little.” A virus that travels, a party that wobbles, mothers who ask for a swimming pool: which of the three will Africa remember from this week?
Based on OMS, ECDC, The New York Times, France 24 and RFI