Egyptian Security Forces in the Sinai – including south Sinai and Sharm al-Sheikh – are warning of an increased risk of terrorist attack during the Eid al-Adha holiday, October 25 – 29. Tourists travelling to Sharm al-Sheik are being advised by security forces to avoid “unsecured venues”, such as bazaars, shopping malls, night clubs or restaurants that cater to foreign tourists, during this period. Read article
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Koforidua, Oct. 18, GNA – Five children admitted at the Koforidua Regional Hospital with dog bites between April and October have died of rabies infection. The children whose ages ranges between five to seven years, died between nine hours to 48 hours on admission to the hospital. Apart from one who hails from Koforidua, the […]
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MADRID – One year after the kidnapping of Spanish aid workers Montserrat Serra and Blanca Thiebaut in Kenya, the Spanish Foreign Minister and Doctors without Borders pursue with extreme caution the procedures to free them from captivity. Blanca and Montserrat were kidnapped on Oct. 13 last year from the refugee camp of Ifo, in Dadaab, […]
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CAIRO, Oct 18 (Reuters) – Egypt projects a rise of about 20 percent in tourist numbers this year, the tourism minister said on Wednesday, despite outbreaks of violence after last year’s Arab Spring. The uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak last February and political instability since then have stopped millions of potential visitors to Egypt’s beach […]
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One of the top complaints made by tourists posting on a travel site about this archipelago off the western coast of Africa is its growing crime. Particular up ticks have occurred in the capital city Praia and Mindelo. Several travellers spoke of being mugged or robbed, particularly on dark roads at night and in isolated […]
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South Korean health authorities confirmed Wednesday the country’s first West Nile virus case involving a patient who contracted the disease while traveling in Africa. According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), the patient, whose identity was withheld for privacy reasons, traveled to Guinea from January to June and returned to the […]
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JOHANNESBURG — A rescue official says one man is dead and a local tour guide is missing after a boat capsized off Hout Bay near the western city of Cape Town.Craig Lambinon of the National Sea Rescue Institute said there were 38 people onboard the charter boat Miroshga on Saturday, not 41 as previously assumed, […]
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October 12, 2012 (JUBA) – At least ten people have died and 42 others admitted in to hospital following the recent outbreak of Kala-azar in Ayod County in South Sudan’s Jonglei State, local leaders say. Seven people died in Pagil Payam [district] while three died in Jech Boma [sub-district], according to Nelson Kuach Thoat, a […]
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Dorothy Carlyle’s family said she told them she was repeatedly slapped and stabbed with a screwdriver by her captors who argued over when they should kill her as she was paraded around a township near the seaside city of Durban “like a trophy”. The 59-year-old was ambushed as she got into her silver BMW in […]
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An outbreak of the viral infection, mumps, has spread through schools nationwide in Egypt, according to an Egypt Independent report Oct. 8. The number of cases reported as of Monday is 583; this is up from 157 cases reported just one week earlier. Read article
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