Africa

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  • 126.000 Sudanese affected by torrential rain

    Date: 2014-08-18 12:46:40 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:76 - ID:879324

    KHARTOUM, Aug 18 (MENA) - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) asserted that over 126,000 Sudanese were affected by the torrential rain that ravaged Sudanese states over the past days. The Sudanese Red ....

  • 5 killed, others injured in shelling of Fajr Libya sites

    Date: 2014-08-18 11:33:33 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:57 - ID:879411

    TRIPOLI, Aug 18 (MENA) - Five elements from Fajr Libya forces were killed and others were injured Monday when a Libyan military plane shelled their sites in Wadi el-Rabie area. In press statements Thursday, spokesman of the Libya shield Alaa ....

  • Ebola forces Nigeria schools to shut down till further notice

    Date: 2014-08-18 10:38:39 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:44 - ID:879320

    ABUJA, Aug 18 (MENA) - The federal government approved the extension of the current holiday of primary and secondary schools across the country until further notice in order to prevent an outbreak of the Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) among the students, ....

  • Emergency order extended indefinitely in South Darfur

    Date: 2014-08-18 10:34:40 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:43 - ID:879212

    KHARTOUM, Aug 18 (MENA) - South Darfur state decided to extend the emergency state in Nyala locality until the security situation stabilizes. The emergency state stipulates that curfew is to be executed in the city after 10 pm, Commissioner of ....

  • 5 Nigerian patients almost fully recovered: min.

    Date: 2014-08-17 21:48:00 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:152 - ID:878712

    ABUJA, Aug 17 (MENA) - Five patients, who are being treated for Ebola virus disease, have almost fully recovered, said Nigerian Minister of Health Onyebuchi Chukwu. In press statements on Sunday, Chukwu said that he never mentioned Dr Adadevoh ....

  • New restrictions in Kenya for travelers amid Ebola fears

    Date: 2014-08-16 18:46:30 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:97 - ID:877099

    NAIROBI, Aug 16 (MENA) - Kenya Airways will suspend flight operations to Liberia and Sierra Leone, the latest airline to curb flights because of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa, CNN reported. The suspension is temporary, and the airline ....

  • Mayor: 34 killed as Muslim rebels attack Central African Republic villages

    Date: 2014-08-16 14:52:33 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:67 - ID:876808

    BANGUI, Aug 16 (MENA) - A local official says Muslim rebels in Central African Republic have killed at least 34 people over the last week in a series of attacks on remote villages. The violence comes as the country wracked by conflict awaits the ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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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