Africa
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Boat accident leaves 26 dead in Zambia
Date: 2014-10-25 21:59:16 GMT - Zambia - Africa - SN:134 - ID:1199637
LISAKA, Oct 25 (MENA) - At least 26 people, most of them children, died when a crowded boat capsized in Zambia while on the way to a national celebration, ABC News quoted a police official as saying on Saturday. Among the drowned in Friday's ....
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First confirmed Ebola patient in Mali dies
Date: 2014-10-25 09:54:13 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:24 - ID:1194569
BAMAKO, Oct 25 (MENA) - The first confirmed Ebola patient in Mali has died, CNN reported, citing government health officials. The victim, a 2-year-old girl, had traveled to the country with her grandmother from Guinea -- one of the three ....
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Cholera outbreak kills 20 in Niger - Doctors Without Borders
Date: 2014-10-24 19:34:28 GMT - France - Africa - SN:107 - ID:1192469
PARIS, Oct 24 (MENA) - Doctors Without Borders said Friday a cholera outbreak in the West African country of Niger killed 20 people and has sickened nearly 1,000 people, Fox News reported. The medical aid group said that several districts in the ....
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WHO reinforces anti-Ebola efforts in Mali
Date: 2014-10-24 11:05:16 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:43 - ID:1189573
GENEVA, Oct 24 (MENA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that it is sending experts to Mali to reinforce "Ebola preparedness" after a first case was confirmed in the country. Mali's health minister confirmed that a two-year-old ....
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Mali confirms first case of Ebola
Date: 2014-10-24 09:32:07 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:33 - ID:1189065
GENEVA, Oct 24 (MENA) - Mali’s health minister says the West African country has confirmed its first case of Ebola, according to The Wall Street Journal. The announcement made on Malian state television on Thursday evening by Ousmane Kone said that ....
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South Sudan's water minister starts 4-day visit to Egypt on Saturday
Date: 2014-10-24 09:19:20 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:28 - ID:1188889
CAIRO, Oct 24 (MENA) - Jemma Nunu Kumba, South Sudan's Minister of Electricity, Water, Irrigation and Dams, will start a four-day official visit to Egypt on Saturday. The minister will hold talks with her Egyptian counterpart Hossam el-Moghazi on ....
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Egypt keen to foster culture cooperation with Mauritania: envoy
Date: 2014-10-24 07:18:43 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:14 - ID:1187909
NOUAKCHOTT, Oct 24 (MENA) – Egypt's Ambassador in Nouakchott Ahmed Fadel said Friday that boosting cultural cooperation with Mauritania is important. During the inauguration of the Mauritanian film festival, Fadel hailed the participation of a ....
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Dialogue only way to settle issues on parties' participation in political life - Bashir
Date: 2014-10-23 14:08:12 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:76 - ID:1183729
KHARTOUM, Oct 23 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said on Thursday that the national dialogue is the best ways to settle issues related to the Sudanese parties' participation in the political life. The dialogue will help also reach ....
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Sudan Scholars Corporation backs al-Bashir in coming polls
Date: 2014-10-23 10:48:28 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:43 - ID:1182777
KHARTOUM, Oct 23 (MENA) – Sudanese Scholars Corporation said Thursday that it will fully support Omar al-Bashir's bid for another term in office. In a statement, Deputy Secretary-General of the Corporation Othman Mohamed said that al-Bashir has a ....
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Sudan welcomes international supervision of coming polls
Date: 2014-10-22 18:02:10 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:115 - ID:1179265
KHARTOUM, Oct 22 (MENA) - The National Elections Commission in Sudan has welcomed international supervision of the forthcoming parliamentary polls, slated for April 2015. In press statements following a meeting with a delegation from the UN ....