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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 ....
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At least 14 killed as AU forces attack insurgents in Mogadishu
Date: 2014-08-15 08:31:22 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:20 - ID:874978
MOGADISHU, Aug 15 (MENA) - At least 14 people were killed in heavy fighting when African Union peacekeepers entered a suburb of the Somali capital Mogadishu in an offensive against armed militias. "At least 14 people, mostly militia, died in the ....
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African Union pledges $1 million to combat Ebola
Date: 2014-08-15 08:17:53 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:19 - ID:874953
ABUJA, Aug 15 (MENA) - The African Union announced it will dedicate $1 million to help combat the spread of the Ebola virus in West Africa, media reports said. AU Commissioner for Social Affairs Dr. Mustapha Sidiki Kaloko said Wednesday: "The ....
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Japan to provide $1.5 million in aid to Ebola-hit West Africa
Date: 2014-08-15 08:16:18 GMT - Japan - Africa - SN:17 - ID:874955
TOKYO, Aug 15 (MENA) - Japan on Friday announced its decision to provide $1.5 million in emergency grant aid to West African nations such as Sierra Leone and Liberia hit by the deadly Ebola virus through three international organizations, Kyodo ....
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Egypt, Sudan to form expert team to resolve trade problems
Date: 2014-08-14 14:25:02 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:116 - ID:874160
KHARTOUM, Aug 14 (MENA) – The Egyptian-Sudanese trade and industrial committee agreed Thursday to form a team specialized in resolving issues related to trade and investment between the two countries. At the conclusion of the two-day meeting, the ....
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Nigeria fears Ebola spread to east by infected nurse
Date: 2014-08-14 10:58:29 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:75 - ID:873257
ABUJA, Aug 14 (MENA) - A nurse who contracted Ebola at a Lagos hospital travelled to the eastern part of Nigeria before falling sick, raising fears of new infections outside the city. Information Minister Labaran Maku earlier told journalists that ....
