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NIGERIA: Malaria kills 401 peo...

NIGERIA: Malaria kills 401 people

Saturday, October 18, 2008
Malaria has killed 401 people in the last four weeks in northern Nigeria’s Katsina state, according to local health officials. “In the last 28 days...
World must learn lessons from ...

World must learn lessons from food price crisis

Saturday, October 18, 2008
Small farmers in developing countries have not benefited from higher food prices, thanks in part to flawed trade and agricultural policies that have...
WEST AFRICA: Weighing free hea...

WEST AFRICA: Weighing free health care for all

Saturday, October 18, 2008
West African governments considering lifting health care fees for all will soon have a guide to manage the financial impact of the move. The guide,...
KENYA: Floods displace thousan...

KENYA: Floods displace thousands in northeast

Saturday, October 18, 2008
More than 10,000 people have been displaced by flash floods following heavy rains that pounded Mandera in north-eastern Kenya and southern parts of...
KENYA: Rising demand for male ...

KENYA: Rising demand for male circumcision

Saturday, October 18, 2008
Health facilities in Nyanza Province in western Kenya are struggling to meet the demand for medical male circumcisions since politicians threw their...
VP receives Burundi envoy

VP receives Burundi envoy

Friday, October 17, 2008
The vice president, Aja Dr Isatou Njie Saidy, yesterday, received in her office a special envoy of the Burundian president, Pierre Nkurunzizaat, at...

US $12.71M agric. project launched

Friday, October 17, 2008
Mr Bakary Trawally, the permanent secretary at the Department of State for Agriculture, on behalf of The Gambia government, yesterday, officially...

HungerFree caravan reaches Kerewan

Friday, October 17, 2008
As the food crisis continues to hang over the head of millions of people, various actions have been initiated in The Gambia so as to reverse its...
Triplets born at Baffrow clini...

Triplets born at Baffrow clinic

Friday, October 17, 2008
In yet another interesting case in the country’s medical history, one Abie Jallow, a resident of Kerr Sering in the Western Region, on Tuesday, at...

Fifty female farmers conclude training

Friday, October 17, 2008
At least fifty (50) female farmers on Sunday October 12, concluded a four-day capacity building program on rice and aqua-culture at Pacharr in the...
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