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Discovery of Ebola cure good news for the world

Amid the gloom and pain wrought by the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has sprung a ray of hope.

Scientists now say they are a step closer to finding a cure for the deadly Ebola haemorrhagic fever after two experimental drugs showed survival rates of as much as 90 per cent in a clinical trial in the country.

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