As the Ebola virus threatens to tear through West Africa, having already made 1,500 victims in Liberia this year, it's worth rejoicing that we have self-styled bishop Edward Adjei, of the Christ Incorporated church, to cure his fellow Liberians. His method could hardly be simpler: All it takes is a three-day prayer session, an exorcism of the presidential palace ... and a few bottles of Vimto, the purple British soft-drink.

With 4,000 deaths in West Africa, the number of forsaken children is exploding. With no family, little community support, and no outlet for education, they face a bleak future.

Africa shines whether we notice or not, but this week a lot of people have taken notice. Because a Kenyan runner ran a marathon course in Vienna in under two hours. Not just barely under two, but he hit the goal with 20 seconds to spare. Eliud Kipchoge, age 34, from Eldoret the running capital of Kenya, went 26.2 miles in 1:59:40.2. That's averaging four-and-a-half minute miles, 26 times. That is something no human being had done, something humanity was not even thought capable of doing. And in his understated Kenyan way, his words and life give rich meaning to his accomplishment. He talks about teamwork, about discipline. He has a wife and three kids. My favorite quote: "I believe in a calm, simple, low-profile life. You live simple, you train hard and live an honest life. Then you are free." Eliud Kipchoge, from Google images This week as well, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to an African. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali has used his position to seek peace with neighboring Eritrea. The Nobel committee noted that he and his Eritrean counterpart President Afwerki accepted an internationally mediated border demarcation, which enabled them to definitively abandon their 50-year history of conflict, which had flared 20 years ago into all-out war claiming tens of thousands of lives. He has stood up against corruption, championed press freedom and women's representation in government. The challenges for such a large, diverse country where poverty plagues progress remain. But we hope Mr. Ahmed's work will inspire conflict resolution across the region. Abiy Ahmed, from Nobel site While the Ebola epidemic in the DRC is far from over (3204 cases, 2142 deaths), we have had some glimpses of good news in the last two months. First, a vaccine that has proven effective in limiting secondary spread. And second, the trial of experimental treatments reached statistical significance, so that we can no longer call this an untreatable or incurable disease. Ebola now has a treatment. This involves collecting antibodies from the serum of Ebola patients and reproducing them to treat others, an idea that began with Congolese physician Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe, the director of the National Institute for Biomedical Research. He is a virologist who was part of the team that discovered the virus, and has worked in every Ebola epidemic Congo has had. He called living to see his ideas take root and produce life-saving treatments "the achievement of my life." Dr. Muyembe, from link above Three men whose recent achievements rival and surpass any in history. Physical strength, moral fortitude, brilliant thought. But the Shining of Africa story would not be complete without a nod to the mothers of this continent. Because soon a slight majority of all children in the world will be African, in spite of the inherent dangers of childbearing on a continent with the least access to safe delivery care. Behind each of those men, beside them, are women who risked their lives without knowing their baby would change history. Women whose physical strength bore them, whose moral fortitude formed them, whose wisdom guided them. And in Kenya, Ethiopia, Congo, Uganda . . . there are today's unsung heroes washing clothes, cooking over fires, hoeing a living out of the earth, carrying children, paying school fees, kneeling in prayer. Women giving advice, giving up their own meals for their children's hunger, teaching stories and proverbs, believing in the future. Mothers who at great personal sacrifice enable the world to be blessed with Africans. This is the continent of life, the continent that has seeded and nurtured the others. These are a friend and colleague, a patient, and a neighbor. They are not likely to have newspaper stories, prizes, or cheering crowds. But they and the millions like them are the true foundation of Africa's shining, and you'll see them again seated with Jesus at the final banquet of honor. ** Edited to add a Kenyan woman breaking the marathon record for women this week too!! Brigid Kosgei, 2:14:04!! https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/13/brigid-kosgei-world-marathon-record-paula-radcliffe-chicago At this rate it's hard to keep up with Africa . . .

Ebola Cases Could Rise To 1.4 Million By January, CDC Says

For the first time, a health care worker for a World Health Organization partner organization has fallen ill from Ebola, WHO told CNN on Sunday.

As the U.S. military rushes to combat Ebola in West Africa, soldiers are receiving on-the-fly instructions on how to protect themselves against the deadly virus.

Amid Ebola fears, an airline seeks passengers of a plane linked to a nurse, and a ship off Belize quarantines a worker linked to a patient’s care.

Diseases that can move between animals and humans — called zoonotic diseases — make up a majority of infectious diseases that humans can get, scientists say. So it's no wonder that out-of-control logging in West Africa has likely aided the spread of Ebola.

In yet another case of social media wrongly influencing teens, a 12-year-old girl from Michigan's Detroit was hospitalised with severe burns after taking part in the 'fire challenge.'The girl's mother, Brandi Owens, told Fox that her daughter Timiyah Landers was with two of her friends when she was 'engulfed in flames' after mimicking a video she saw on YouTube. Owens then heard an explosion following which her daughter started running around with fire from her hair to knees.After dousing the flames, Timiyah was rushed to the hospital where the doctors informed that forty-nine percent of her body was burned.The 12-year-old's friends admitted that they were participating in the 'fire challenge', an internet trend which refers to the application of flammable liquids on one's body and then setting the liquids aflame, while a video is recorded.In a similar incident that took place last month, a 15-year-old boy suffered second-degree burns after his friends allegedly poured boiling hot ...

As hospitals in the hardest-hit nations struggle to keep up, patients are turning to the black market to buy blood from Ebola survivors, the WHO warned.

As the world reels from the Ebola epidemic, Liberia, the hardest-hit nation, says it has a shortage of body bags and other items needed to fight the virus.

Plasma from the Samaritan's Purse doctor has been given to three Ebola victims.

Cuba already had the biggest foreign medical staff in West Africa to combat the virus, which has killed 3,000 people so far.

Sierra Leone, of the nations hard hit by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is not able to cope, a health worker said, calling on more international support

Many are asking how a health care worker flew commercially at a time she was supposedly monitoring herself for possible Ebola.

After successful Ebola treatment, Dr. Kent Bently will be released from Emory Hospital. Learn more about the Ebola treatment drug.

The number of deaths attributed to the Ebola outbreak has risen above 4,000, most of them in West Africa, the World Health Organization says.

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Kaci Hickox voiced her support for healthcare workers helping to fight Ebola in West Africa.

Nigerian schools are ordered to remain shut, delaying the new academic year until 13 October as part of measures to prevent the spread of Ebola.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is the fifth African country to fight Ebola.

The man chosen to lead the War on Ebola is a long-time Army leader who has experience on the battlefield, in Africa, and the medical arena.

Hong Kong police and pro-democracy protesters faced off Friday morning outside the office of the city’s chief executive.

Liberia is reopening land border crossings shut down during the Ebola outbreak, a positive sign in a nation that was the epicenter of the deadly virus.

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U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power traveled to Guinea on Sunday as part of the American response to the epidemic.

The general and his soldiers have spent more than a decade at war in Iraq and Afghanistan but this could be one of their toughest battles yet.

DALLAS — Love, not Ebola, drove Thomas Eric Duncan from his native Liberia.

A patient diagnosed with Ebola in his native Sierra Leone arrived Saturday in Nebraska for treatment.

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Two U.S. jets intercepted six Russian planes that neared U.S. airspace off Alaska on Thursday and Canadian planes intercepted two Russian bombers.