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 December 3rd, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) issued its tenth fact sheet on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The latest fact sheet highlights progress against key Ebola indicators, but cautions that as some geographic areas have experienced significant improvements, others have seen the rapid acceleration of Ebola transmission. In addition, the fact sheet alludes to the recent World Bank report analyzing the impacts of the Ebola outbreak on the economies of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea.

On December 4th, a donation from Germany to the United Nations (U.N.) provided 400 motorbikes to help speed up Ebola testing in West Africa. The motorbikes, equipped with cooler boxes, will transport blood samples to laboratories across Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone and help reduce waiting time for Ebola test results.