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 August 14th, the United Nations (U.N.) World Health Organization (WHO) engaged in new efforts to assure travelers that the risk of contracting Ebola on a plane is small. Taking to social media, the WHO issued a number of messages to clarify that Ebola is not airborne like other diseases, such as influenza and tuberculosis. The WHO also noted that someone with Ebola is typically so unwell that they cannot travel.