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Ebola forces Nigeria schools to shut down till further notice
Date: 2014-08-18 10:38:39 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:44 - ID:879320
ABUJA, Aug 18 (MENA) - The federal government approved the extension of the current holiday of primary and secondary schools across the country until further notice in order to prevent an outbreak of the Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) among the students, ....
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Emergency order extended indefinitely in South Darfur
Date: 2014-08-18 10:34:40 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:43 - ID:879212
KHARTOUM, Aug 18 (MENA) - South Darfur state decided to extend the emergency state in Nyala locality until the security situation stabilizes. The emergency state stipulates that curfew is to be executed in the city after 10 pm, Commissioner of ....
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5 Nigerian patients almost fully recovered: min.
Date: 2014-08-17 21:48:00 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:152 - ID:878712
ABUJA, Aug 17 (MENA) - Five patients, who are being treated for Ebola virus disease, have almost fully recovered, said Nigerian Minister of Health Onyebuchi Chukwu. In press statements on Sunday, Chukwu said that he never mentioned Dr Adadevoh ....
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New restrictions in Kenya for travelers amid Ebola fears
Date: 2014-08-16 18:46:30 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:97 - ID:877099
NAIROBI, Aug 16 (MENA) - Kenya Airways will suspend flight operations to Liberia and Sierra Leone, the latest airline to curb flights because of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa, CNN reported. The suspension is temporary, and the airline ....
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Mayor: 34 killed as Muslim rebels attack Central African Republic villages
Date: 2014-08-16 14:52:33 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:67 - ID:876808
BANGUI, Aug 16 (MENA) - A local official says Muslim rebels in Central African Republic have killed at least 34 people over the last week in a series of attacks on remote villages. The violence comes as the country wracked by conflict awaits the ....
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China to continue help to fight Ebola - president
Date: 2014-08-16 09:07:47 GMT - China - Africa - SN:19 - ID:876206
BEIJING, Aug 16 (MENA) - Chinese President resident Xi Jinping on Saturday vowed that China will continue to help international control of the Ebola epidemic in a meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. China will continue to make joint ....
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Cameroonian security forces free 100 people kidnapped by Boko Haram
Date: 2014-08-15 21:50:54 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:124 - ID:875940
YAOUNDÉ, Aug 15 (MENA) - A squad of Cameroonian security forces freed on Friday almost 100 people who were kidnapped in Nigeria by the Boko Haram militant group, Nigerian authorities said. A Nigerian security official said the abductions took ....
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UN expert urges release of political detainees in Sudan
Date: 2014-08-15 13:28:28 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:60 - ID:875430
GENEVA, Aug 15 (MENA) - UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Sudan Mashood Adebayo Baderin has urged the Sudanese government to enable a conducive environment for national dialogue by releasing all political detainees in the ....
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Floods in Niger kill 12, leave thousands hungry
Date: 2014-08-15 12:12:56 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:51 - ID:875304
NIAMEY, Aug 15 (MENA) - Heavy rains and flooding in western and central Niger have killed 12 people and left thousands without food or shelter, ABC News reported Friday. The landlocked West African country has been hit by an alternating series of ....
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Muslims in Nigeria call for end to killings in Gaza
Date: 2014-08-15 08:33:08 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:21 - ID:874984
ABUJA, Aug 15 (MENA) - Muslims in Nigeria have expressed concern over the crises between Palestinian Hamas movement and Israel over Gaza. They lamented that no lasting solution has been provided despite the fact that thousands of lives have been ....
