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Saturday, August 9th, 2014
A Canadian who recently visited Nigeria is being held in isolation at Brampton Civic Hospital in Ontario for showing symptoms of the Ebola Virus Disease. According to a Canadian public health official, the patient was reported to be showing initial symptoms of Ebola which were similar to more common diseases, such as malaria. Dr. Eileen […]
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Friday, August 8th, 2014
United States President Barack Obama says he has authorised air strikes against Islamic militants in northern Iraq but will not send US troops back to the country. He said Islamic State (IS) fighters would be targeted to prevent the slaughter of religious minorities, or if they threaten US interests. Strikes have not yet begun, but […]
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Friday, August 8th, 2014
Ebola-death-toll-increases By Our Reporter on August 8, 2014 · COVER The Liberia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, said on Friday in Washington that health care system in Liberia has collapsed over the Ebola epidemic. Ngafuan said hospitals were closing down and medical workers fleeing from the Ebola epidemic, which is poised to worsen. […]
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
By Our Reporter on August 5, 2014 · Trending (KABUL, Afghanistan) A man wearing an Afghan army uniform opened fire on international troops, killing a U.S. general and wounding 15 other U.S.coalition troops in a machine gun attack at a military training facility in Kabul, a top Western and senior Afghan official said on […]
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
By Our Reporter on August 6, 2014 · Trending (WASHINGTON DC, U.S) US President Barack Obama has said “a new Africa is emerging” as he opened the last day of a summit in Washington DC with 40 African leaders. Wednesday’s talks will cover both security concerns and corruption – two areas the US administration […]
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
A Saudi man who was being treated for Ebola-like symptoms has died at a hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia’s health ministry says. If confirmed, this would be the first Ebola-related death outside Africa in an outbreak that has killed more than 900 people this year. The man recently visited Sierra Leone, one of four countries […]
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Thursday, July 31st, 2014
As fears over the dreaded Ebola disease spreads, ace Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke, has fled Liberia wearing a mask. Iyke had posted his picture sitting in a first-class airport lounge in Monrovia, wearing a mask, with a message on his Instagram page saying he had cut short a business trip to Monrovia in Liberia, […]
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Thursday, July 31st, 2014
(FREETOWN, Sierra Leone) Sierra Leone declared a state of emergency and called in troops to quarantine epicentres of Ebola on Thursday, joining Liberia in imposing tough controls to curb the worst ever outbreak of the virus amid fears it could spread beyond West Africa. Ebola has been blamed for 672 deaths in […]
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Thursday, July 31st, 2014
Minister of National Planning, Dr Olanrewaju Sulaiman. The Federal Government said on Wednesday that it had secured a fresh funding of about N100bn for developmental projects over the next five years from the European Development Fund. The immediate past Supervising Minister for National Planning, who is now the Minister of State for Finance, Ambassador […]
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Thursday, July 31st, 2014
Argentina has blamed the US for its debt default, calling the mediator in failed talks “incompetent”. Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich said his country was considering opening proceedings at international tribunals in The Hague after it was declared to be in technical default. The announcement came just hours after last-minute talks in New York with a […]
