Equatorial Guinea Monday confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease after preliminary tests carried out following the deaths of at least nine people in the country’s western Kie Ntem Province turned out positive for the viral haemorrhagic fever. Equatorial Guinean health authorities sent samples to the Institut Pasteur reference[Read More…]
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Burkina Faso Gunmen Kill 15 Nigerian Pilgrims Bound For Senegal
At least 15 Nigerian Muslim pilgrims on their way to Senegal were killed when gunmen in Burkina Faso attacked the buses transporting them, Nigeria’s presidency said on Monday. “President Muhammadu Buhari has received the tragic news of the murder,” the State House said in a statement, without providing further details[Read More…]
Sierra Leone’s Stadium Railing Collapse Left Several Children Injured
Several children have been injured after a railing collapsed on Thursday at a stadium in the Sierra Leone’s southern city of Bo where President Julius Maada Bio and First Lady, Fatima Maada Bio were holding an event to distribute free sanitary pads. The President who has extended his sympathy to[Read More…]
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