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Thursday, August 7th, 2014
Worried by the torrent rate of casualty and cases of contracted victims of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the Liberian President, Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has announced state of emergency in the country. The President in a nationwide broadcast on Thursday, established that “some civil liberties might have to be suspended”. The latest decision […]
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2014
The World Bank has pledged $200m to help contain the deadly Ebola virus, with the growing crisis forcing healthcare system in Liberia to shut down out of fear of staff contracting the virus. The World Bank said on Monday that it would provide up to $200m in emergency assistance to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone […]
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Monday, August 4th, 2014
Latest report has it that one of the Physicians who attended about two weeks ago to the first Ebola causality in Lagos, South Western Nigeria, Patrick Sawyer has contracted the deadly virus. Confirming the case, the Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu said: “This new case is one of the doctors who attended to the […]
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2014
By Tajudeen Balogun, Lagos Members of the public have been urged to exercise restraint in taking position and analyzing the death sentence hauled at a Sudanese woman, Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, for denouncing Islam. The caution was given on Sunday in an exclusive interview with African Examiner by the Acting Amir (President) of Lagos District of […]
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Thursday, July 31st, 2014
Seychelles have cancelled Saturday’s 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sierra Leone because of fears over the Ebola virus. Sierra Leone were prevented earlier on Thursday from boarding a plane at Kenya’s Nairobi Airport that would have taken them to Seychelles for the second-leg tie. The decision to stop the team travelling was taken […]
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Sunday, July 27th, 2014
The Boko Haram insurgents on Sunday, abducted the wife of Cameroon’s Vice Prime Minister, Amadou Ali and killed three people in an attack on the Northern town of Kolofata. Also, Seini Boukar Lamine, a religious leader and town’s Mayor, was kidnapped in a separate attack against his household. The Deputy Prime Minister, who was at […]
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Sunday, July 13th, 2014
The prevalent skirmish between the Israel and Palestine may soon cease as the United Kingdom (UK) former Prime Minister and Mideast Quartet Envoy, Tony Blair arrived in Cairo Saturday for parleys with the stakeholders. Blair, who is representing the European Union, Russia, United Nations and United States, is expected to hold talks with Egyptian officials […]
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Saturday, July 12th, 2014
Ignatius Okpara, Owerri, If the present internal wrangling and crisis currently rocking the Imo state chapter of the peoples democratic party PDP, over which senatorial district should produce the party,s flag bearer in the 2015 governorship election is anything to go by, one would say that the party is in for a big trouble, and […]
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Saturday, July 12th, 2014
The two – day Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders’ Summit in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, has approved some initiatives and number of recommendations, including Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), consideration of single currency, food security, infrastructural and manpower development in the sub region. In the communique issued at the close of the 45th […]
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2014
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is billed to leave Abuja Wednesday for Accra to join other Heads of State and Government to participate in a two-day summit of ECOWAS scheduled to open in Accra, the Ghanaian capital on Thursday. In a statement issued on Wednesday by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben […]
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Monday, July 7th, 2014
Egyptian President Abdul Fatah al-Sisi has regretted the sentences passed on three Al Jazeera journalists, saying he would rather prefer they were deported. The newly-sworn in President declared his government had nothing to do with the court ruling and that the “verdict issued against a number of journalists” had had “very negative consequences” on the […]
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Sunday, July 6th, 2014
At least 29 people have been killed by gunmen during raids on two different areas on the Kenyan coast, the country’s Interior Ministry revealed Sunday. The Somali militant group al-Shabaab, which attacked the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi last September, said it had staged an attack on Saturday evening in the coastal area. The Ministry’s […]
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Sunday, July 6th, 2014
Israeli Police have arrested six Jewish suspects over the murder last week of a Palestinian teenager, Mohammad Abu Khdair, whose death resulted to days of violent protests. Police source indicated the victim was murdered “because of his nationality”. Khdair was first abducted in East Jerusalem, while his body was found last Wednesday. The first autopsy […]
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Saturday, July 5th, 2014
The trial and conviction of the arrested and detained suspects of July 2013 Egyptian protest and massacre continues as a criminal court in the country this morning, sentenced strong Muslim Brotherhood leader, Mohammed Badie, and 36 other members to life in prison. Death sentences were also slammed on 10 others, including an underage defendant who […]
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014
The crash has been reported of a Fokker 50 cargoplane into a commercial building in Nairobi, the Kenya’s capital, shortly after taking off from the JKIA (Jomo Kenyatta International Airport), Nairobi. According to the Kenyan Airports Authority (KAA) in a tweet, four crew members on board were feared dead. The cargo plane crashed at […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
A horde of journalists gathered in London this morning to protest against the seven-year jail terms slammed on three al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt, BBC reports. A court in Cairo found Australia’s Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed guilty of sedition, though the trio had denied the charges against them and are expected to appeal. […]
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Monday, June 23rd, 2014
Newly elected Malawian President, Peter Mutharika has named his 20-member cabinet overnight, with a prominent opposition leader after over a month of chaotic elections that brought him to power. The cabinet includes United Democratic Front Presidential candidate, Atupele Muluzi, who came in fourth in the disputed May election as a Minister of Natural Resources, Energy […]
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2014
Dozens of people in Conakry, Guinea have been hospitalized after eating rice cooked with petrol on Tuesday, doctors told AFP. “In all, 114 people were admitted” to the main hospital in Conakry, a doctor, speaking on condition of anonymity, revealed. The patients suffered stomach aches, diarrhea and vomiting, the doctor said, adding that they […]
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2014
A leading Muslim cleric in kenya Sheikh Mohammed Idris, has been reportedly shot dead in the country coastal city of Mombasa. According to The Guardian, Sheikh Idris who was until his death the Chairman, Kenya Council of Imams and Preachers, was killed close to a mosque near his home by a group of gunmen. Reports […]
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Sunday, June 8th, 2014
The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon on Sunday refused to board a plane due to take them to Brazil following a long-running dispute over bonus payments for the tournament, forcing their national federation to take out a loan to meet their demands. The country’s soccer governing body, Cameroon Football Federation confirmed the incident saying it ”regrets […]
