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Humanitarians raise concern for Somalia cholera outbreak amid vaccine dose shortage: UN
Date: 2024-03-28 08:28:20 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:13 - ID:10641569
NEW YORK, March 28 (MENA) - UN humanitarians said they are concerned about the spread of cholera in nearly half of the 72 Somalia districts amid a severe shortage in oral vaccine doses. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ....
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Nearly 300 abducted schoolchildren in northwest Nigeria freed after over two weeks in captivity
Date: 2024-03-24 10:09:02 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:16 - ID:10636155
WASHINGTON/ABUJA, March 24 (MENA) - Nearly 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren have been released, local officials said Sunday, more than two weeks after the children were seized from their school in the northwestern state of Kaduna and marched ....
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Risk of famine in Sudan is of extreme concern - UK diplomat
Date: 2024-03-20 18:53:56 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:62 - ID:10632111
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100 villagers kidnapped in latest mass abduction in northern Nigeria
Date: 2024-03-18 19:56:36 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:61 - ID:10629377
ABUJA, March 18 (MENA) - Armed gangs attacked two villages in Nigeria's northwest over the weekend and seized at least 100 people from their homes, residents and a state official were quoted by ABC News as saying on Monday, in the latest mass ....
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Egypt sets up 8 solar-powered groundwater stations in S.Sudan: Irrigation min.
Date: 2024-03-18 11:29:08 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:21 - ID:10628470
CAIRO, March 18 (MENA) - Egypt has set up eight solar-powered stations for drinking groundwater in the South Sudanese states of Central Equatoria and Jonglei in January, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam said on Monday. He ....
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Niger ends military agreement with US
Date: 2024-03-17 10:49:17 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:21 - ID:10627055
NIAMEY, March 17 (MENA) - Niger’s military government announced that it has ended an accord with the US that allowed military personnel and civilian staff from the Department of Defense to operate in Niger – days after holding high-level talks with ....
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Tunisia stresses importance of AU Commission elections
Date: 2024-03-15 19:29:04 GMT - Tunisia - Africa - SN:52 - ID:10625477
TUNIS, March 15 (MENA) - Secretary of State to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Mounir Ben Rjiba stressed the importance of the upcoming African Union (AU) Commission's elections, amid the current regional and ....
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UNICEF warns of catastrophic loss of lives in Sudan
Date: 2024-03-15 13:37:11 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:35 - ID:10625094
GENEVA, March 15 (MENA) - The UN children’s agency warned on Friday that up to 3.7 million children are expected to be acutely malnourished this year in Sudan, including 730,000 who need lifesaving treatment, according to media reports. Sudan’s ....
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WFP: Lack of funding threatens aid suspension for 1.2 million Sudanese refugees in Chad
Date: 2024-03-12 20:02:39 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:74 - ID:10621663
GENEVA, March 12 (MENA) - The World Food Program (WFP) has warned that life-saving programs in Chad will grind to a halt in a matter of weeks without urgent funding. "The stark warning comes as thousands of Sudanese refugees continue to stream ....
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Speaker of parliament meets UN delegation in Mogadishu
Date: 2024-03-12 14:31:38 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:47 - ID:10621449
MOGADISHU, March 12 (MENA) - Speaker of the Parliament of the Federal Republic of Somalia Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur (Madobe) met with the United Nations delegation based in Somalia led by Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations to Somalia ....
