The BBC world service has launched a special Ebola broadcasts for the West African sub region.
The network, which was inaugurated on Monday, September 23, 2014 and will deliver a round–up of news, concentrating on efforts to combat the virus particularly to the most affected West African countries: Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
Speaking on the news wire network, BBC World Service group director, Peter Horrocks said: ‘The range of emergency activities on Ebola from the BBC World Service are in the finest traditions of the humanitarian instincts of our broadcasting.’
According to reports, News About West Africa will be a nine-minute daily programme (Monday to Friday) broadcast live at 19:50 GMT around the world and presented by BBC Africa’s Kim Chakanetsa.