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Nine U.N. troops killed in worst attack yet on Mali force

YoopyaOctober 6, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 6, 2014July 15, 20230

(Reuters) – Nine United Nations peacekeepers in Mali were killed when heavily armed gunmen on motorbikes ambushed their convoy on Friday, the deadliest attack yet...

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Ebola death toll rises to 3,439: WHO

YoopyaOctober 5, 2014September 7, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 5, 2014September 7, 20230

GENEVA (Reuters) – The world’s worst Ebola outbreak on record has now killed 3,439 people, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. There had...

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IMF says it will help Zimbabwe produce debt repayment plan

YoopyaSeptember 30, 2014September 2, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 30, 2014September 2, 20230

This and the appreciation of the South African rand, the major currency of Zimbabwe’s (main) trading partner, has caused a liquidity crunch that has weakened...

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Record number of migrant deaths at sea, in deserts this year – IOM

YoopyaSeptember 30, 2014July 29, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 30, 2014July 29, 20230

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – A record 4,077 migrants have died already this year crossing deserts and seas worldwide, three-quarters of them in perilous...

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Rains complicate delivery of Ebola supplies in West Africa

YoopyaSeptember 30, 2014July 29, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 30, 2014July 29, 20230

By Stella Dawson WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The rainy season in West Africa is compounding difficulties in getting supplies delivered and new treatment centres...

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Liberia’s top doctor in quarantine after assistant dies of Ebola

YoopyaSeptember 28, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 28, 2014July 15, 20230

MONROVIA (Reuters) – Liberia’s chief medical officer, who is also a deputy health minister, has put herself in quarantine as a precaution against Ebola after...

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Obama says “significant gap” in global effort to fight Ebola

YoopyaSeptember 26, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 26, 2014July 15, 20230

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama warned on Thursday that there was still a significant gap between where we are...

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Collateral death toll expected to soar in Africa’s Ebola crisis

YoopyaSeptember 26, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 26, 2014July 15, 20230

LONDON, Sept 26 – By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent (Reuters) – Deaths from infectious diseases like malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia are likely to...

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Ebola spread stabilising in Guinea as toll nears 3,000 -WHO

YoopyaSeptember 25, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 25, 2014July 15, 20230

By Tom Miles and Umaru Fofana GENEVA/FREETOWN (Reuters) – The spread of Ebola seems to have stabilised in Guinea, one of three West African states...

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Ebola toll nears 3,000 as medics face bed shortage, resistance

YoopyaSeptember 25, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 25, 2014July 15, 20230

GENEVA (Reuters) – At least 2,917 people have died of Ebola out of 6,263 cases in the five West African countries affected by the disease,...