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Body of Ebola victim cremated in Lagos
Date: 2014-07-27 09:31:49 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:20 - ID:847137
ABUJA, July 27 (MENA) - The body of the first victim of Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria, who died in Lagos on Friday, has been cremated, Vanguard reported on Sunday. The event was witnessed by officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Health and ....
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Magdi Yacoub, Egyptian amb. to Ethiopia inaugurate intensive care unit for heart surgery
Date: 2014-07-26 15:22:17 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:56 - ID:846408
CAIRO, July 26 (MENA) - Renowned heart surgeon Magdi Yacoub and Egyptian Ambassador to Ethiopia Mohamed Edris inaugurated an intensive care unit for heart surgery in Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa. Yacoub is currently visiting Addis Ababa, ....
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US evacuates embassy in Libya amid clashes
Date: 2014-07-26 14:13:46 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:45 - ID:846220
WASHINGTON, July 26 (MENA) - The State Department has shuttered the US embassy in Libya and evacuated American staffers there as the security situation in the capital Tripoli deteriorates amid worsening clashes between rival militias, the ABC News ....
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Cholera kills 5 in Nigeria, 120 cases reported
Date: 2014-07-26 08:48:02 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:12 - ID:845730
ABUJA, July 26 (MENA) - Five persons have been killed in a cholera outbreak in Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra State, South-East Nigeria, a local newspaper reported. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joe Akabuike, disclosed this ....
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UN says more support urgently needed to tackle growing food insecurity in the Sahel
Date: 2014-07-25 16:20:26 GMT - Italy - Africa - SN:65 - ID:845148
Rome, July 25 (MENA) - The United Nations on Friday called on the international donor community to renew a commitment to fight hunger and food insecurity in the Sahel by protecting and strengthening the resilience of the poor and very poor families ....
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Turkey sends humanitarian aid to Muslims in Cameroon
Date: 2014-07-25 16:00:49 GMT - Turkey - Africa - SN:61 - ID:845121
ANKARA, July 25 (MENA) - The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Department has sent 25 tons of humanitarian aid for Muslim refugees in Cameroon. They have been displaced from their homes to Cameron, Chad and Congo due to domestic ....
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US, Nigeria sign MoU for $2.5b power plant
Date: 2014-07-25 12:55:25 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:44 - ID:844815
ABUJA, July 25 (MENA) – Nigeria signed an agreement with the Global Edison Corporation for the construction of a $2.5billion power plant in Anambra State, the Daily Independent reported. The plant when completed is expected to generate about 1500 ....
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Egyptian national among passengers of ill-fated Algerian flight
Date: 2014-07-24 18:23:21 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:80 - ID:843601
ALGIERS, July 24 (MENA) - An Egyptian national was among the passengers of an Air Algerie flight that went missing over northern Mali early Thursday. The plane, that flying from Burkina Faso to Algeria, was carrying 116 people, including 110 ....
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Explosion rocks Nigeria's Kano State
Date: 2014-07-24 16:35:50 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:90 - ID:843837
ABUJA, July 24 (MENA) - A bomb has torn through Kano's central motor park, just a day after the twin blasts that wreaked havoc in the neighboring Kaduna state. The details of the Kano attack and the number of casualties are unclear. (MENA) NA/ ....
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Algerian FM forms operation room to follow missed plane
Date: 2014-07-24 15:55:56 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:81 - ID:843599
ALGIERS, July 24 (MENA) - Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtan Lamamra ordered on Thursday the formation of an operation room to follow up the missed Algerian plane. The ministry is coordinating with the authorities in Mali, Nigeria and Burkina Faso, ....
