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UN: More Than 1.5 million Are Refugees from South Sudan

More than 1.5 million South Sudanese have become refugees and their humanitarian needs are overwhelming aid efforts during the country’s civil war, according to the United Nations. South Sudan’s civil.

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NNPC Announces Measures to Sustain Products Supply Nationwide

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has announced elaborate measures to sustain supply of Premium Motor Spirit, (petrol), Automotive Gas Oil, diesel, and Dual Purpose Kerosene, DPK, otherwise called kerosene,.

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Multimillion-Dollar Lifesaving Appeal Launched For DRC

The United Nations and Congolese authorities launched an appeal Friday in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, for $748 million to provide lifesaving assistance for 6.7 million people across the conflict-wracked country. The.

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EU Pledges $80 Million Aid to Gambia after Two-Year Suspension

  By Lamin Jahateh The European Union pledged 75 million euros ($80 million) on Thursday to Gambia’s new government, two years after suspending aid due to human rights abuses by.

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Nigeria: 240,000 Children Die Annually From Diarrhoea – USAID

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has said that at least 240,000 Nigerian children die every year from diarrhoea related illness, one of the commonest childhood killer diseases..

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Tanzania government to construct 90 cancer centres this year

The government of Tanzania will set up 90 cervical cancer centres across the country in order to ensure early diagnosis of cervical and breast cancer and treatment of the of.

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Ghanaian and Egyptian pick $100,000 AU prize for scientific excellence

The two scientists were presented the $100,000 prize each on Monday at the 28th African Union Summit in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. Ghanaian Felix Dapare Dakora is a Plant and.

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African Heads of State Make Commitment to Advance Immunization

Heads of State from across Africa endorsed the Addis Declaration on Immunization, also known as the Ministerial Declaration on Universal Access to Immunization, a historic and timely pledge to ensure.

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EU Looks to Camps in Africa to Cut Immigration

EU interior ministers will consider plans on Thursday to finance camps in Africa where the U.N. refugee agency and aid groups would process migrants to prevent them trying to cross.

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New Inventions in Africa Evolve in Three Stages: Expert Says

  By Iyke Aru Technological developments in Nigeria seem to always embrace a particular pattern. New inventions most often evolve in three stages within the sub-saharan nation, especially innovations that.

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