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The number of suspected, probable and confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 45, with 25 people dead, the World Health Organization said Friday. WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic, who gave the figures to reporters in Geneva, said that 14 of the cases had been confirmed as the deadly Ebola virus following laboratory tests. This came about after WHO warned Friday that the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the […]
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) — The head of the World Health Organization said Sunday there has been another reported case of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and that an experimental vaccine to fight the disease is expected to become available in the country this week. Doctor Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on a two-visit to DR Congo, said the suspected new case was in Bikoro, at the centre of the latest Ebola outbreak in the […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — The search for survivors after a dam burst its banks in central Kenya resumed Friday with 44 confirmed dead and a further 40 still missing, the region’s governor said. Weeks of heavy rains have caused flooding and mudslides across the country that have left 175 dead. On Wednesday evening, the earthen wall of a privately owned irrigation dam in Solai, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Nakuru town in Kenya’s […]
BAMAKO, Mali (AFP) — Gunmen killed at least five people near Mali’s troubled northeastern border with Niger, several sources said Thursday. A vehicle traveling from Indelimane to a market in Menaka on Wednesday “was attacked by armed men,” a local elected official told AFP on the condition of anonymity. Five civilian passengers were killed by “assassins who then went to a camp to kill other Tuareg civilians,” he added. Other sources reported a higher toll. […]
by Fran Blandy Agence France Presse NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — At least 32 people died after a dam burst in central Kenya, sweeping away their homes while many of them were asleep, police said Thursday. After a severe drought, weeks of torrential rains in Kenya have led to flooding and mudslides that have left 164 dead. The private Patel dam, used for irrigation and fish farming, burst on Wednesday evening in Solai, near the Rift […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — At least 27 people died when their homes were swept away after a dam burst in southern Kenya following heavy rains, police said Thursday. The incident in Solai, near the Rift Valley city of Nakuru, occurred Wednesday evening, regional police chief Gideon Kibunjah told AFP by telephone, adding that 36 people had been hospitalized. “The search and rescue exercise is ongoing and more bodies have been retrieved. The death toll is now […]
(Eagle News) — Guests from Sierra Leone and Ghana who joined the Iglesia Ni Cristo Worldwide Walk to Fight Poverty in Athens, Greece described the global charity walk as “fantastic” as they saw the sincerity of the INC’s efforts to help the poor communities in Africa. Ishmael Kamara and Aruna Rashid Kamara from Sierra Leone said they “liked” the event very much. Adjetey Sowah from Ghana also said they enjoyed joining the INC walk that […]
(Eagle News) — They excitedly sang, and danced as the Church Of Christ members of Malawi, a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, reached the finished line of the 1.6 kilometer stretch designated for the Church’s Worldwide Walk to Fight Poverty on Sunday, May 6. Malawi nationals rejoiced as they finished the charity walk of the Iglesia Ni Cristo that they know was meant to benefit poor communities in Africa. Malawi was just one of […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — Weeks of torrential rain after a long drought have turned from blessing to curse in East Africa, killing hundreds of people and displacing hundreds of thousands of others. In Kenya, which had suffered from three failed rainy seasons, 120 people have died in two months, including eight who were swept off a bridge in a flashflood Thursday night outside the capital, witnesses said. The Red Cross appealed for $5 million (four […]
In more than 300 sites across 18 time zones, the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) members will be holding a “Worldwide Walk to Fight Poverty” on Sunday, May 6 to benefit poor communities in several countries in Africa . This is the second worldwide walk of the Church members that aims to help impoverished communities. The first was held last February 2014 which benefited victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in the Philippines, […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The last time South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in was on duty for a tree-related event in the Demilitarized Zone, it involved 813 troops, 27 helicopters, B-52 bombers with fighter escorts — and an aircraft carrier prowling offshore. As a young serviceman, Moon played a supporting role in “Operation Paul Bunyan”, likely the most expensive tree-felling in history, when US and South Korean troops cut down a poplar whose leaves were […]
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Thousands of Zimbabwe nurses who were sacked after they went on strike for better wages have been told to return to work by their union, in a bid to allow fresh negotiations with the government. Some 15,000 nurses fighting for better work conditions walked out of public hospital wards last Monday, paralyzing major hospitals resulting in patients being turned away. Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, dismissed them a day after, accusing them of […]
