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Guinea confirms West Africa's first Marburg virus case
A man who died in Guinea was found to have the Ebola-like, highly infectious disease.
Health officials in Guinea have confirmed West Africa鈥檚 first case of Marburg, a highly infectious disease that is in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola.
Plus, after suspected militants kill more than 40 civilians in the northern Gao region, is Islamist violence intensifying in Mali?
And Nigeria鈥檚 rising star Akinbiyi Abiola Ahmed, popularly known as Bella Shmurda, on what inspires his music and how he decided on his stage name.
Photo: Colourised micrograph of Marburg particles. Credit: Getty Images.
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