The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 14 and the crisis is not yet under control, medical officials have claimed. The epicentre of the outbreak, which killed its first victim last month, is in the busy town of Isiro in Orientale Province, but it has spread to the settlement of Viadana 75km away, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a statement. Read article
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Freetown – Gripped by its worst cholera outbreak in nearly 15 years, which has already left 229 dead, Sierra Leone is likely to see cases triple in the next month as the rainy season hits its peak, estimates show. In Freetown, the densely populated seaside capital, makeshift houses without toilets or running water crowd the […]
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Two German tourists and two pilots were killed when their airplane crashed Wednesday in Kenya’s renowned Maasai Mara national park, with at least three other tourists badly injured, police said. “Four people died on the spot, while three others were seriously wounded,” said local police chief Peterson Maelo. “Those injured have been taken to Nairobi […]
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Despite the arrests of 11 members of a kidnap gang over the past fortnight, another Mozambican businessman has been abducted, bringing the number of known kidnap victims up to 23. The latest kidnap occurred on Thursday night in central Maputo. The victim was 26 year old Wassem Ahmed, one of the owners of the shop […]
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Hepatitis B currently affects one-fifth of the population of Muritania, disease that causes about 3,500 deaths annually, official sources said Sunday. A senior Health Ministry said Sunday newspaper Horizons that soon the infection rate has doubled from 10 to 20% of the population and half a million are currently infected. Viral hepatitis has become “a […]
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The US Department of State warns its citizens of the risks of traveling to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) (DRC), and recommends against non-essential travel to eastern and northeastern DRC. This replaces the Travel Warning dated January 12, 2012. Armed groups, bandits, and elements of the Congolese military remain security concerns in eastern […]
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Director of Disease Prevention and Control at the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Amara Jambai, has yesterday disclosed that the outbreak of yellow fever in the Pujehun District, Lassa fever in Kenema district, cholera in Port Loko, Kambia, Pujehun and Kailahun districts and the Western Area has claimed 62 lives so far. Speaking to […]
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SELEBI-PHIKWE: The Selebi-Phikwe Government Hospital Superintendent, Dr Joseph Sharma has confirmed that a diarrhoea outbreak has killed five babies in the copper mining town. Sharma told Mmegi this week that they have recorded 151 cases of diarrhoea since the outbreak was noticed on July 4 when many babies were admitted at the hospital. Read article
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Gerard Kutserver, a 79-year-old German tourist, has been arrested by the Accra Regional Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service for allegedly defiling girls as young as his great-grandchildren. DAILY GUIDE sources close to a hotel at North Kaneshie in Accra, where he lodged about a month ago, disclosed that […]
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145 people had been killed in last week’s ferry disaster in the Indian Ocean, a day after the operation to find survivors was called off, authorities in Zanzibar said on Sunday. The overcrowded MV Skagit/Kalama, which had also been carrying some foreigners, was en route to Zanzibar, a popular tourist destination, from mainland Tanzania last […]
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