Zalingei — A number of citizens passed away as a result of an unknown fever in Central Darfur during the past two days. The reports on the exact number of victims are conflicting; eye witnesses say at least 10 people died, while a medical source from Zalingei confirmed the death of two people so far. One of the victims comes from the area of Doudou, west of Zalingei, and the second victim was working in Jebel ‘Aamer, North Darfur in the gold mines. Read article
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An epidemic of a deadly strain of Salmonella has swept across the whole of Africa by “taking advantage” of the spread of HIV, according to an international team of researchers. Their study, published in Nature Genetics, said weakened immune systems caused by HIV allowed it to spread. Read article
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David Cecil faces criminal charges that could lead to a two-year prison sentence in the East African country. Performances of The River and The Mountain, written by Beau Hopkins, an Oxford-educated British playwright, were cancelled at the last minute at the National Theatre in Kampala. Read article
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Air traffic controllers at Tripoli’s international airport have agreed to end a strike that halted most flights in and out of Libya on Sunday, officials said. Airport staff gave differing explanations of the reason for the stoppage – some said it was over pay while others said it was for better equipment to improve security. […]
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An outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now killed 31 people and could threaten major towns, the World Health Organization has warned. An epidemic was officially declared on 17 August in the north-western Orientale Province. Read article
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(Reuters) – An outbreak of the Hepatitis E virus has killed 16 people in three South Sudanese refugee camps near the volatile border with Sudan, authorities and the United Nations said on Thursday. South Sudan’s border region has been flooded with hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing fighting in Sudan’s South Kordofan and Blue Nile […]
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“I was so stressed and didn’t know what I should say. So I lied,” Gardell told the Aftonbladet newspaper. Gabriella Gardell was reported missing in late August after she failed to return home from a holiday in tourist hotspot Sharm el-Sheikh. An international search warrant was sent out by the National Bureau of Investigation (Rikskriminalpolisen). […]
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At least 32 people were killed in ethnic clashes Monday in southeast Kenya, a Red Cross official said. At least 32 people were killed in ethnic clashes Monday in southeast Kenya, a Red Cross official said. “I counted at least 32 people dead, among them are seven police officers,” Caleb Kilande, a Red Cross official […]
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Following outbreak of Lassa fever in some parts of the country, Lagos State government, at the weekend, alerted residents on the need to maintain adequate personal and environmental hygiene at all times as part of the precautionary measures to prevent the outbreak of the Lassa fever in the State. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide […]
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GOMA, Congo — Officials in eastern Congo say the Ebola epidemic has spread to a second center after a woman was contaminated during the funeral of a victim of the disease and travelled back to her home. The health officials say 15 people have died since the beginning of the epidemic. Congolese authorities are warning […]
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