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Uganda probes UN relief food after 3 deaths – police

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2019

Uganda is investigating a supply of food from the World Food Programme (WFP) after three people died and more than 150 others became sick in recent days, police said. The food was part of a community feeding programme in northeast Karamoja region, a semi-arid area where the UN food agency has

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Cyclone Idai kills over 1000 in Mozambique, 89 in Zimbabwe

Daily Dispatch March 18, 2019

Cyclone Idai caused more havoc than initially reported as Mozambique said over a thousand people may have been killed as the cyclone smashed into the central part of the country. In neighbouring Zimbabwe, Idai left 89 dead and at least 150 more missing. The city of Beira in central Mozambique bore Cyclone Idai’s full wrath […]

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20 soldiers killed, 20 others missing after attack

Daily Dispatch March 18, 2019

At least 20 Malian Soldiers have been killed and 20 others missing after an attack on a Military checkpoint, the FSP opposition movement said on Monday. The attack on Sunday, which was also confirmed by the military and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (Minusma), also left several people injured. The military […]

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140 killed, hundreds missing as cyclone idai hits Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe

Daily Dispatch March 16, 2019

Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi have been hit by a vicious cyclone that has killed more than 140 people, left hundreds more missing and stranded tens of thousands who are cut off from roads and telephones in mainly poor, rural areas according to Apnew.com reports. Cyclone Idai has affected more than 1.5 million people in the […]

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Gambian president sacks vice, two ministers

Daily Dispatch March 16, 2019

Gambian President Adama Barrow has sacked his Vice President Ousainou Darboe and two ministers, DNG Online can confirm. A statement issued by the Gambian presidency on Friday and sighted by DGN Online made the announcement of the dismissals. DGN Online is informed that Mr. Barrow and his vice have been having conflict for months. Mr. […]

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40 Killed, 20 Wounded in mosque shootings

Daily Dispatch March 15, 2019

Forty people were killed and more than 20 seriously wounded in shootings at two mosques in New Zealand on Friday, in what Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said was a terrorist attack. The massacre by at least one gunman during Friday prayers in the city of Christchurch is the country’s worst ever mass shooting and was […]