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Residents of Jiljilya, north of Ramallah, awoke on 17 June to find their mosque set alight overnight, with burnt tyres, Hebrew graffiti reading "revenge" and extensive damage left behind in an area of the occupied West Bank where Israelis are prohibited from entering.

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Health professionals warn that avoiding medical care could have serious consequences for mothers and their babies.

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[New Zimbabwe] Discover moreAfrica News CoverageZimbabwe News SubscriptionHealth News AlertsZIMBABWE has begun repatriating its nationals from South Africa amid growing fears of possible xenophobic attacks ahead of a June 30 deadline set by an anti-immigration pressure group, with 660 citizens having returned home so far.

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“The spread of this current outbreak came as a surprise,” says Rwandan health minister Sabin Nsanzimana about the current Ebola epidemic in the DRC. Since the outbreak was declared on May 15, 808 cases have been confirmed in the DRC, including 192 deaths, according to the World Health Organization.

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[Ghanaian Times] Ghana and Burkina Faso have reportedly commenced a week-long series of bilateral engagements aimed at advancing the reaffirmation and joint management of their common land boundary.

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[Ghanaian Times] The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) yesterday presented 4,800 bags of fertiliser to the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) to support its members during this year's major planting season in northern Ghana and the upcoming minor season in the southern sector of the country.

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[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- Few national investments shape a country's future more profoundly than education. Tanzania has recognised this reality for decades, expanding access to schooling, investing in classrooms and teachers, and ensuring that millions more children have the opportunity to learn.

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[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- TANZANIA has recorded a 31 per cent reduction in inpatient hospital deaths following the rollout of the Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC) programme across 79 health facilities in five mainland regions and Zanzibar.

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[Daily News] Zanzibar -- ZANZIBAR Ministry of Health, in collaboration with CIHEB Tanzania under the Global Health Security Project, has conducted a specialised training programme for health professionals aimed at enhancing preparedness and response to Ebola.

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[New Times] As Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe, prepares to meet South African counterpart Ronald Lamola in Pretoria on Wednesday, June 17, analysts say the talks could mark an important step in efforts to normalise relations between the two countries.

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John Steenhuisen is one of South Africa's best-known politicians after leading the DA for seven years.

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[allAfrica] Monrovia -- Both Warring Sides in Sudan Singled out in UN Report

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[allAfrica] Mombasa, Kenya -- For decades, the outlook for the coral reefs has been increasingly bleak.

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Health facilities have come under attack during the current outbreak as a result of misinformation and fear.

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[Liberian Observer] President Joseph Nyuma Boakai deserves credit for one thing: he responded.

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[Liberian Observer] Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have reaffirmed their commitment to deepening bilateral relations and advancing a landmark United Nations Security Council (UNSC) initiative aimed at addressing the links between natural resource exploitation, climate change, and conflict.

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[Liberian Observer] A sharp division emerged within the House of Representatives on Tuesday after lawmakers voted to move into a closed-door executive session to receive sensitive briefings on a major US$19 million cocaine seizure investigation, triggering a walkout by one lawmaker who rejected the decision as a threat to transparency and accountability.

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[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- The High Court Commercial Division has allowed Absa Bank Uganda Limited to proceed with the sale of multimillion-shilling properties belonging to Boss Beverages International Limited after dismissing a long-running loan dispute over alleged wrongful interest calculations.

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[New Dawn] The Liberia Protest Coalition (LPC), comprising more than 37 civil society organizations, political parties, student groups, community organizations, and pro-democracy advocates, has petitioned the United States Embassy in Monrovia to request an international investigation into a US$19 million drug scandal.

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Tunisian authorities repatriated nearly a hundred migrants from sub-Saharan Africa on Tuesday under a so-called "voluntary return" initiative that has involved almost 5,000 people over the past year, Tunisia's national guard said.

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Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey, who is facing trial on rape charges in Britain, lost a court challenge on Tuesday that would have allowed him to enter Canada for his side's World Cup opener in Toronto.