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Journalists and Founder of the cancer advocacy organization: Rowaca Cancer Group
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500 People Participate in IOM’s Fourth Cross-Border Crisis Simulation Exercise in Niger
More than 500 members from communities, local authorities, civil society and security forces participated in IOM’s fourth crisis simulation exercise this week (17/10) in Tillabéri, Niger.
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Sierra Leone: HRCSL rescues 14 year old girl from early marriage
The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) Northern Region office has dissolved an early marriage of a 14 year old class four girl child (name withheld) in Kathekeyan Kaboli, Pa Ki Masangbon Chiefdom in the Bombali District.
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Nearly Half the World Lives on Less than $5.50 a Day
In Sub-Saharan Africa the poor suffered from multiple deprivations such as low consumption levels and lack of access to education and basic infrastructure services.
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Genomic analysis offers insight into 2018 Nigeria Lassa fever outbreak
A surge in Lassa fever cases in Nigeria in 2018 does not appear to be linked to a single virus strain or increased human-to-human transmission, according to a genomic analysis published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Ebola outbreak in the DRC not a Public Health Emergency of International Concern
The Emergency Committee on the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo says a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) should not be declared at this time.
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UNHCR and IOM appeal to European leaders to tackle Mediterranean deaths
Ahead of this week’s meeting of European Union (EU) Heads of State and Government, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and IOM, the UN Migration Agency, are together appealing to European leaders to urgently take steps to address this year’s record rate of drownings on the Mediterranean Sea.
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Investors to explore USD 82 million worth of business opportunities at the first Nutrition Investor Forum in Africa
Leading business leaders, policy makers and prominent development campaigners joined over 200 delegates to launch the first ever Nutrition Africa Investor Forum in Nairobi, Kenya.
