The latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has ended after claiming 34 lives, Health Minister Felix Kabange Numbi said on Monday. According to revised figures, 62 people are believed to have been infected during the latest epidemic, which was declared in mid-August in the northeastern Orientale Province and which officially ended on Friday, he said. Read article
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Telegraph.co.uk reported that the Foreign Office has warned Britons living in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kivu provinces to leave, as anti-government rebels seize control of the area. Members of the armed group M23 took over Goma, the capital of North Kivu in the eastern part of the DLR, on Tuesday. Read Article
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KABKABIYA Activists and residents from Kabkabiya locality, North Darfur, have informed Radio Dabanga on Tuesday November 20, about the alleged arrival of four new cases of a disease resembling yellow fever from Jebel ‘Aamer and Sref Beni Hussein localities. The patients were taken to the hospital in Kabkabiya for treatment, but remain in critical condition, […]
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DARFUR Citizens from Darfur are living in ‘panic and fear’ due to the continuing spread of yellow fever in the region that killed dozens of people by Friday, 16 November, according to the latest reports Radio Dabanga received. Residents from different parts of Darfur blame the federal government for neglecting its own people by preventing […]
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At least three people are confirmed to have died from Ebola haemorrhagic fever since last month, the health ministry has said. All the three victims were members of the same family in Kakute sub-county, Sambu Parish, Nyimbwa sub-county. Read article
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A one-and-half-year old boy has reportedly died of Marburg virus at Ruhoko Hospital in Ibanda District. The District Health Officer, Dr Julius Bamwine, on Thursday confirmed to Saturday Monitor that the victim, only identified as Alexander, died on Wednesday night. “I can confirm to you that one of the victims from Kikyenkye, who had tested […]
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JUBA, South Sudan, November 9 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Friday warned that its capacity to contain an outbreak of hepatitis E among the refugee population in South Sudan was increasingly stretched at a time when funding for its emergency operation was depleted. “The risks will grow if, as currently anticipated, we see […]
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As travellers worldwide continue to educate themselves and their choice of travel destinations, Dubai still continues to grow in visitor numbers year on year as people flock to the sun-kissed Emirate to experience the variety of adventure, beach, family and cultural attractions that make the destination so popular. Guests from South Africa, staying in hotel […]
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A severe outbreak of Trachoma has been reported in Karamoja with at least 50,000 people in dire need of urgent eye surgery to prevent blindness.The disclosure was made by the State Minister of Primary Health Care Sarah Opendi in Moroto town. Read article
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The UK Foreign Office said Sunday (04-11-12) that its “overall advice for travel to Egypt has not changed this weekend,” and it only recommends against all travel to North Sinai and all but essential travel to parts of South Sinai, citing “a high threat from terrorism.” Read article
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