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Cholera: Death toll in Lake Chad rises to 500 – UN

Daily Dispatch September 21, 2018

More than 500 people have died from cholera in the Lake Chad region since the start of the year, representing the worst outbreak to hit the area in four years, the UN said on Wednesday. “Over 27,000 cholera cases and 510 deaths have been reported as of week 35 in Lake Chad Basin,” the Office

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BREAKING: US slaps fresh sanctions on China for buying Russian jets, missiles

Daily Dispatch September 20, 2018

The US government slapped punitive sanctions on a key unit of the Chinese military for its purchase of Russian Sukhoi Su-25 fighter jets and S-400 surface-to-air missiles. Washington said the purchases by the Equipment Development Department of the Ministry of Defense violated US sanctions on Russia. The action is “aimed at imposing costs on Russia in […]

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Liberia Investigates Disappearance Of $100m

Daily Dispatch September 19, 2018

An inquiry is underway into the disappearance of newly printed bills worth nearly 100 million US dollars destined for Liberia’s central bank, the government of the impoverished west African country said Tuesday. “This government will leave no stone unturned to find those responsible for the act,” Information Minister Lenn Eugene Nagbe told AFP. “It is confirmed […]

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BREAKING: Cocaine production jumped 31 percent in Colombia in 2017 – UN

Daily Dispatch September 19, 2018

Cocaine production in Colombia, the world’s top producer of the drug, soared in 2017 by an estimated 31 percent amid a big jump in farmland devoted to its cultivation, a UN report said Wednesday. The UN Office on Crime and Drugs said about 423,000 acres (171,000 hectares) in Colombia were illegally planted with coca last […]

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US to admit only 30, 000 refugees in 2009

Daily Dispatch September 18, 2018

The Trump administration is capping the annual number of refugees allowed in the United States at an all-time low of 30,000, the lowest number since the State Department implemented its refugee program in 1980. The new ceiling applies for fiscal year 2019, which begins on October 1. The actual number of refugees accepted may be […]

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Mom and baby are among five killed in ‘biblical’ storm Florence as looters begin to raid abandoned homes and stores

Daily Dispatch September 15, 2018

A mother and her eight-month-old baby are among five people to have died as Tropical Storm Florence continues to batter North Carolina, with 18 trillion gallons of rain expected to fall in what the state’s governor called a ‘thousand-year’ event. Lesha Murphy-Johnson and her baby Adam were trapped inside their home in Wilmington after a […]