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Bomb Blast At Nigeria President’s Rally

YoopyaFebruary 3, 2015July 3, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 3, 2015July 3, 202305

By Adamu Saleh Gombe — Two separate explosions on Sunday afternoon rocked Gombe, capital of Gombe state. According to eye witness accounts, the first explosion...

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Military rivals vie for power in leaderless Burkina Faso

YoopyaNovember 1, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 1, 2014July 15, 202303

Opposing factions claim power in the west African country in the hours after the 27-year rule of president Blaise Compaore came to an end amid...

Africa News World

Liberian leader say Ebola risks ‘lost generation’, urges action

YoopyaOctober 20, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 20, 2014July 25, 202300

DAKAR (Reuters) – The Ebola outbreak in West Africa risks unleashing an economic catastrophe that will leave a lost generation of young West Africans, Liberian...

Africa News

West Africans get creative with Ebola awareness

YoopyaAugust 27, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaAugust 27, 2014July 25, 202305

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A young man on camera names the person who’s challenged him to dump the contents of a bucket over his...

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Spain gets rare Ebola drug to treat stricken priest

YoopyaAugust 12, 2014September 2, 2023

by YoopyaAugust 12, 2014September 2, 202301

A Spanish priest has received one of the world’s few doses of an experimental Ebola drug, raising ethical questions about how to allocate scarce medicines...

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Africa news: Ebola crisis in West Africa deepens; 500+ dead

YoopyaJuly 14, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 14, 2014July 16, 202302

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Deep in the forests of southern Guinea, the first victims fell ill with high fevers. People assumed it was the perennial...

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Drop in Niger child deaths, says Save the Children

YoopyaOctober 24, 2013February 14, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 24, 2013February 14, 202402

Niger has made the greatest strides worldwide in reducing child mortality, a new study by Save the Children suggests. Other countries that reported progress in...

Africa News World

Ghana president says democracy deepened with vote dispute

YoopyaAugust 31, 2013April 14, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 31, 2013April 14, 202401

ACCRA — Ghana President John Dramani Mahama told AFP in an interview Friday after the supreme court upheld his 2012 election victory that the emerging...

Africa News

Mali armed groups, govt postpone talks

kiemtarJanuary 11, 2013January 11, 2013

by kiemtarJanuary 11, 2013January 11, 201305

Ouagadougou – Talks planned for Thursday between the Malian government and two armed groups from the country’s north, Ansar Dine and the MNLA, have been...

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Youssou N’Dour: Singing for people power

YoopyaJanuary 5, 2012April 10, 2024

by YoopyaJanuary 5, 2012April 10, 202403

Youssou N’Dour feels his candidacy to be Senegal’s president can bring the world’s attention to the West African nation’s election at the end of next...