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Madagascar plague outbreak kills 40, says WHO
Date: 2014-11-22 06:49:41 GMT - Madagascar - Africa - SN:3 - ID:1382161
ANTANANARIVO, Nov 22 (MENA) - An outbreak of plague in Madagascar has killed 40 people and infected almost 80 others, the BBC quoted the World Health Organization as saying. The WHO warned of the danger of a "rapid spread" of the disease in the ....
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Togo security forces use rubber bullets during large-scale protests seeking term limits
Date: 2014-11-21 21:47:40 GMT - Togo - Africa - SN:103 - ID:1381721
LOME, Nov 21 (MENA) - Security forces in Togo used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse thousands of demonstrators calling for term limits that would bar President Faure Gnassingbe from running for a third term next year, Fox News reported on ....
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11 people killed in stampede during religious service in Zimbabwe
Date: 2014-11-21 16:39:47 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:75 - ID:1380869
HARARE, Nov 21 (MENA) - A police commander in Zimbabwe says 11 people died in a stampede during a religious service held at a sports stadium, Fox News reported Friday. Police commander Shadreck Mubaiwa said Friday that four people died at the ....
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Democratic Republic of Congo Ebola-free, WHO says
Date: 2014-11-21 14:10:24 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:59 - ID:1380121
GENEVA, Nov 21 (MENA) - Ebola has officially been eradicated from another African country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Friday. The United Nations health agency cleared the DRC for Ebola because ....
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Egypt denounces Nigeria attack
Date: 2014-11-21 10:57:53 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:31 - ID:1378841
CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) - Egypt strongly denounced an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants in north-eastern Nigeria, the Foreign Ministry said. Gunmen rampaged through the village of Azaya Kura in the Mafa area in Nigeria's Borno state, killing ....
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Egypt, South Sudan to sign deal in water resources
Date: 2014-11-21 10:34:57 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:29 - ID:1377961
CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) - Egypt and South Sudan will sign on Saturday an agreement for boosting cooperation the field of water resources and investments. Under the deal, a joint authority will be formed for establishing projects. It will pave the ....
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African countries eye cooperation to fight terrorism
Date: 2014-11-21 06:40:53 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:8 - ID:1377089
NOUAKCHOTT, Nov 21 (MENA) – Countries from North and West Africa said they were willing to promote cooperation to combat drugs and terrorism. During a symposium here, representatives of 11 African countries said they want to benefit from ....
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Egypt amb. to DR Congo meets head of national broadcasting corporation
Date: 2014-11-20 11:15:50 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:49 - ID:1372049
CAIRO, Nov 20 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Democratic Republic of Congo Hani Salah met on Thursday with head of the national broadcasting corporation of DR Congo. The meeting took up ways of boosting cooperation, and prospects of signing ....
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Sudan's govt, opposition resume talks on Nov 26
Date: 2014-11-20 08:18:31 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:22 - ID:1370433
KHARTOUM, Nov 2 (MENA) –The Sudanese government and Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North received an official invitation from the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel on Sudan (AUHIP), led by Thabo Mbeki, to attend the eighth round of ....
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UN: More than 1.5 million flee Nigeria violence
Date: 2014-11-20 06:16:56 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:11 - ID:1369813
GENEVA, Nov 20 (MENA) - Growing violence by Islamist extremists has forced more than 1.5 million Nigerians to flee their homes and is deepening an already dire humanitarian situation in Nigeria, the U.N. warned Wednesday. "Nigeria is without ....
