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Congo declares measles epidemic after it kills more than Ebola
By Reuters,
1136, June 12, 2019 (EAT)
Congo's government has declared an epidemic of measles, which the latest health ministry figures show has now killed at least 1,500 people, over a hun...
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Militia releases nearly 900 children in Nigeria
By VOA,
1105, May 11, 2019 (EAT)
A local militia group that supports the Nigerian government in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents has released nearly 900 children, the United Na...
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Flooding starts in Mozambique after cyclone Kenneth, death toll rises to five
By Reuters,
1836, April 27, 2019 (EAT)
Mozambican officials on Saturday urged those living near two rivers in the country’s north to move to higher ground, as Cyclone Kenneth dumped heavy...
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E. Africa, recovering from Cyclone Idai, braces for new storm
By VOA,
1108, April 25, 2019 (EAT)
The government of Comoros shut down schools, airports and public offices Wednesday as Tropical Cyclone Kenneth passed over the island nation, with win...
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Long road to recovery for children after Cyclone Idai
By VOA,
1655, April 20, 2019 (EAT)
The U.N. children’s fund says at least 1.6 million children in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe need help right away to recover from the affects of C...
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Malawi deploys mobile clinics for cyclone-affected children
By VOA,
1720, April 12, 2019 (EAT)
At least 1,000 people were killed when Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi in March. The cyclone's floodwaters swamped medical facilitie...
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Saudi-led coalition’s air strikes hit Yemeni capital
By Reuters,
2010, April 10, 2019 (EAT)
The Saudi-led coalition carried out air strikes in Yemen against two Houthi targets in Sanaa, the capital, early on Wednesday, its spokesman said. ...
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Rwanda’s post-genocide guide keeps the memories alive
By Reuters,
1143, April 6, 2019 (EAT)
Every weekday, Aline Uwase Turatsinze gets up, washes her face and rides a motorbike to the site where more than 60 members of her family were buried ...
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Mass Cholera vaccination campaign gets underway in Mozambique
By VOA,
1950, April 3, 2019 (EAT)
A mass vaccination campaign against cholera has begun in Mozambique to prevent this deadly disease from turning into a full-blown epidemic. Mozambi...
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In Mozambique, parents yearn for children torn away by cyclone
By Reuters,
843, April 3, 2019 (EAT)
It has been more than a week since Virginia Samuel last saw two of her children. Her family was marooned for four days in the stands of a basketball ...
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Ebola treatment center in Congo reopens after attack
By VOA,
1454, March 31, 2019 (EAT)
An Ebola treatment center located at the epicenter of the current outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has resumed operations after it...
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UN assesses situation in Zimbabwe amid calls for food assistance
By VOA,
937, March 29, 2019 (EAT)
The United Nations is assessing the Cyclone Idai humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe as calls for the government to provide aid more quickly grow loude...
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UN Officials: 13 Million in Congo need aid in major increase
By VOA,
922, March 26, 2019 (EAT)
The number of people needing humanitarian aid in Congo has increased dramatically in the past year to 13 million and "hunger and malnutrition have rea...
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Harrowing scenes after Cyclone Idai with inland ocean visible from outer space
By CNN,
1725, March 23, 2019 (EAT)
As many as "300 to 400" bodies line the banks of a road out of the city of Beira in Mozambique, according to an eyewitness account, and flood waters h...
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Cholera cases reported as hunger, disease stalk African cyclone survivors
By Reuters,
1607, March 23, 2019 (EAT)
Cholera cases were reported on Friday in the Mozambican city of Beira, adding a risk of deadly illnesses for hundreds of thousands of people who are s...
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Relief aid reaches Malawi flood victims
By VOA,
1159, March 23, 2019 (EAT)
Relief supplies are arriving for thousands of people in southern Malawi’s Cyclone Idai-affected flood areas, where at least 56 people have been kill...
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Rescue teams race to save hundreds trapped by Mozambique cyclone
By Reuters,
1058, March 21, 2019 (EAT)
Aid workers rushed to save people trapped by floods around the Mozambican port city of Beira on Wednesday, after a powerful cyclone killed hundreds an...
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UN calls cyclone Idai one of southern hemisphere’s worst storms
By VOA,
1140, March 20, 2019 (EAT)
Cyclone Idai may be one of the worst weather disasters ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, U.N. experts say, with Mozambique suffering the brunt...
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Mozambique starts three days of mourning after cyclone kills hundreds
By Reuters,
1140, March 20, 2019 (EAT)
Mozambique started three days of national mourning on Wednesday after powerful cyclone winds and flooding killed hundreds of people and left a massive...
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‘Grab her by the neck’ – Cameroon TV show on how to abuse women sparks fury
By Reuters,
910, March 8, 2019 (EAT)
A Cameroon TV show that featured a demonstration of how to physically abuse your wife has sparked outrage and calls for an end to impunity in a countr...
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