WHO warns of 'complex' Ebola outbreak as virus reaches Nigeria
The WHO says Africa faces a 'more complex' Ebola outbreak after Nigeria confirmed an imported case, the first in West Africa in the current wave.
Africa & Middle East correspondent, Based in Nairobi
Amara Okafor
Amara has reported from more than thirty countries across Africa and the Middle East, from election counts to ceasefire talks. She writes about the people living through events before the officials describing them, and she is careful to say who is making each claim.
Her rule: every number has a source, every side gets its own words, and the history behind a crisis is part of the story, not a footnote.
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