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Zimbabwe declares national emergency over cholera epidemic

Harare :: Zimbabwe | about 13 hours ago | No category

Source: Canada.com

Health workers were protesting against poor working conditions and unavailability of drugs, resulting in the collapse of the health sector.

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Zimbabwe declares national health emergency

Harare :: Zimbabwe | about 13 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

HARARE, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe has declared a national emergency over a cholera epidemic and health care system collapse, and is seeking more international help to pay for food, drugs and hospital equipment, the state-run newspaper said Thursday. "Our central hospitals...

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Burundian rebels commit to peace

Bujumbura :: Burundi | about 10 hours ago | No category

Source: BBC

The Palipehutu National Liberation Front (FNL) promised to move its fighters into demobilisation camps and disarm by the end of this month. The rebel group also agreed to change its name, removing a controversial reference to the Hutu ethnic group....

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Moroccan convicted of Madrid link

Rabat :: Morocco | about 11 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: BBC

A Moroccan man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for links to the group that carried out the 2004 Madrid bombings, killing 191 people. Hicham Ahmidan was convicted for what the prosecution called providing logistical support to the...

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Jury goes out in Boy George trial

George :: South Africa | about 12 hours ago | Entertainment News

Source: BBC

Norwegian Auden Carlsen, 29, accuses the former Culture Club frontman of handcuffing him and beating him with a metal chain in April 2007. The singer, real name George O'Dowd, alleges Mr Carlsen hacked into his laptop and stole photographs. Mr...

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Ethiopia urges peace efforts on Somalia

Mogadishu :: Somalia | about 10 hours ago | No category

Source: Press TV

Meeting with Abdullahi Yusuf in the northern Somali region of Puntland, the Ethiopian officials called on the president not to reverse himself during the talks, the Press TV correspondent in Somalia reported. They demanded that he remain committed to the...

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Album: Issa Bagayogo, Mali Koura (Six Degrees)

Bamako :: Mali | about 1 hour ago | Entertainment News

Source: The Independent

It doesn't take a genius to predict that Issa Bagayogo will be the next musician to step up from Mali's local scene to global recognition, following Tinariwen, Bassekou Kouyat� and Amadou & Mariam into the kind of success that must...

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Africa: Youth and Employment - The Potential, the Problem, the ...

Cape Town :: South Africa | about 10 hours ago | Business News

Source: All Africa

The worst working conditions and lack of opportunities in rural areas have encouraged the youth to migrate to urban centers. But, because most countries have not yet initiated their transition to industrialization, urban centers can not create a massive number...

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More than 100 child's "child witch killer" arrested :Nigeria.

Awka :: Nigeria | about 11 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

Child rights campaigners say children are frequently abandoned, hideously injured and even murdered because their families believe they are witches. Mr Ulup-Aya was arrested in Akwa Ibom State after a child rights campaigner led police to his church and negotiated...

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Medical News Today: Text To Change And AIDS Information Centre ...

Arua :: Uganda | about 10 hours ago | Business News

Source: Uinta County News

March 2008, by jointly performing a second program in Arua (Northwest Uganda) targeting an audience of 10,000 mobile subscribers. SMS program is planned to start in the first week of January 2009 and will be supported by the Royal Netherlands...

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