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Tens of thousands of people have crossed into Kenya, fleeing fighting between regional forces in Ethiopia’s Moyale town.
Moscow aims to strengthen economic and security ties with African leaders during the two-day gathering.
Nearly half of the people confirmed to have the virus have died in DRC’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record.
The attack in eastern Dr Congo is the latest on health workers and responders to the deadly Ebola outbreak.
Church mourners die on Kenya’s Nairobi-Mombasa Highway weeks after another crash killed 17 people.
Kampala says country is Ebola free, but Swiss authorities believe a woman diagnosed in Nigeria was infected in Uganda.
The Ebola outbreak has now spread to four countries across eastern, central and western Africa.
Officials say building in Nairobi’s Eastleigh area had no occupation certificate, but ground floor was in use.

Many people are feared trapped after a multi-storey building collapsed in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.
Jepchirchir tested positive for banned blood booster EPO in a sample taken before her Sydney Marathon win in August.