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Gloves and rubber boots forming part of the Ebola prevention gear for health workers at a clinic are set outside for the sun to dry them after being washed in Monrovia, Liberia, Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. Border closures, flight bans and mass quarantines are creating a sense of siege in the West African countries affected by Ebola, officials at an emergency African Union meeting said Monday, as Senegal agreed to allow humanitarian aid pass through its closed borders. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

WHO: Ebola outbreak in Senegal is officially over

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In Monrovia, Liberia, a man reads a newspaper headlining President Barack Obama's plan to send 3,000 U.S. troops to West Africa to help contain the deadly Ebola virus. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

Sierra Leone to shut down for 3 days to slow Ebola

By Clarence Roy-Macaulay - Associated Press

A man that was hired by the community sprays chemicals to try and prevent the spread of the Ebola virus is seen in Monrovia, Liberia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa eventually could exceed 20,000 cases, more than six times as many as are now known, the World Health Organization said Thursday. A new plan released by the U.N. health agency to stop Ebola also assumes that the actual number of cases in many hard-hit areas may be two to four times higher than currently reported.(AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

Ebola arrives in Senegal as outbreak accelerates

By Babacar Dione - Associated Press

**FILE** Jerry Colangelo (Associated Press)

U.S. Basketball: No Africa trip after Ebola outbreak

By Brian Mahoney - Associated Press

Lafayette mom booked in death of baby girl

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In this photo taken on Saturday, March 29, 2014, medical personnel at the emergency entrance of a hospital receive suspected Ebola virus patients in Conakry, Guinea. Senegal has closed its land border with neighboring Guinea to prevent the spread of the Ebola outbreak, which has killed at least 70 people. Senegal's Interior Ministry announced the border closure Saturday. It also said officials in the southern region of Kolda closed a weekly market which draws thousands of people from the neighboring West African countries of Guinea, Gambia and Guinea-Bissau. Guinea confirmed last week that several victims of hemorrhagic fever in the country's southern region had tested positive for Ebola. (AP Photo/ Youssouf Bah)

Guinea reports Ebola death toll rises to 78

By BOUBACAR DIALLO and KRISTA LARSON - Associated Press

Audit critical of NC school on foreign phone calls

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Senegal star sings for C. African Republic peace

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** FILE ** Former Chad dictator Hissene Habre, left, is seen as he leaves the court in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 25, 2005. For more than 20 years, former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre lived a life of luxurious exile in Senegal, taking a second wife and watching 'Seinfeld' shows. On Tuesday, July 2, 2013, judges at a special court in Dakar formally charged Habre with crimes against humanity, war crimes and torture. (Associated Press)

Master of his domain: Ex-Chad dictator with Seinfeld love arrested for crimes against humanity

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President Obama pauses during a town hall meeting with young African leaders at the University of Johannesburg Soweto on Saturday, June 29, 2013, in Johannesburg, South Africa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

EDITORIAL: Not so gay times in Africa

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he boards a car after arriving at the airport in Dakar, Senegal, Wednesday, June 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Obama in Senegal for first leg of Africa trip

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he poses for a picture alongside U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, second right, Senegalese President Macky Sall, right, and Senegalese First Lady Mariame Faye Sall at the presidential palace in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, June 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Obama’s call for tolerance of gays gets cold shoulder in Africa

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Airline error drops fliers on wrong continent, 7,000 miles off course

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A child runs through a giant cone of lights reading “Mayor of Dakar” in Dakar, Senegal, recently. As Christmas approached in mostly Muslim Senegal, vendors plied the streets selling tinsel, artificial trees and inflatable Santas, and the main boulevards were all aglow in holiday lights. In Senegal, Christians and Muslims co-exist peacefully and share in each other’s holidays. (Associated Press)

In majority-Muslim Senegal, Christmas is flourishing

By Krista Larson - Associated Press

Senegal reality TV show features prettiest sheep

By KRISTA LARSON - Associated Press

Maryam Sy and five of her nine children share a meager bowl of tamarind-flavored porridge in their drought-stricken village of Goudoude Diobe, Senegal. "I start a fire, put a pot of water on it and tell the children I am in the middle of preparing something," Ms. Sy, 37 says. "In reality, I have nothing." (Associated Press)

Hunger stalking children in Senegal

By Krista Larson - Associated Press

Youssou Ndour named Senegal’s cultural minister

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Anti-government protesters carry a banner reading "The Senegalese revolution said to liberate the people," as they are blocked by police from reaching Independence Square in central Dakar, Senegal, on Feb. 21, 2012. (Associated Press)

U.S. urges calm ahead of Senegal election

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times