2013 – 2016★★★★★
West African Ebola epidemic
The largest Ebola outbreak in history, centred on Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, killed more than 11,000 people.
Disease· Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
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October 4, 2013★★★★★
Death of Võ Nguyên Giáp
General Võ Nguyên Giáp, commander at Điện Biên Phủ, dies in Hanoi aged 102.
Death· Vietnam
December 5, 2013★★★★★
Death of Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first Black president and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, died in Johannesburg at the age of 95.
Death· South Africa