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  Massive fuel depot explosion claims 13 lives, leaves 178 injured in Guinea's capital

  World | December 19, 2023 6:56 IST

  The fire, which ignited during a ship offloading at the depot, has been contained, but fears of a potential fuel supply disruption loom large. Guinea heavily depends on imported refined petroleum products, and officials are urgently assessing fuel-related needs to avert possible shortages.

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  What is happening in Guinea - All you need to know

  India | December 17, 2021 23:33 IST

  The country's borders were closed down, and the constitution was declared invalid in the announcement read aloud on state television by Army Col. Mamadi Doumbouya. He told the Guineans, “The duty of a soldier is to save the country.” What led to these events?

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  Soldiers detain Guinea's president, dissolve government

  World | September 06, 2021 8:30 IST

  Guinean army colonel seized control of state television and declared that Conde's government had been dissolved.

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  Army colonel on Guinean TV says govt dissolved, borders shut

  World | September 05, 2021 21:09 IST

  The dramatic developments Sunday bore all the hallmarks of a West African coup d’etat. After seizing the airwaves, the mutinous soldiers vowed to restore democracy and gave themselves a name: The National Committee of Gathering and Development.  

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  Heavy gunfire reported near Guinea’s presidential palace

  World | September 05, 2021 17:21 IST

  It wasn’t immediately known whether President Alpha Conde was home at the time the shooting began, according to witnesses in the Kaloum neighborhood of Conakry.

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  Guinea confirms West Africa’s first Marburg virus death, reports WHO

  World | August 10, 2021 18:56 IST

  The Marburg virus belongs to the same family as Ebola, and previously outbreaks have erupted elsewhere across Africa in Angola, Congo, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda.

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  Guinea declares Ebola epidemic after 4 deaths

  World | February 15, 2021 7:24 IST

  Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, said, "WHO is supporting the authorities to set up testing, contact-tracing and treatment structures and to bring the overall response to full speed".

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  Ebola crisis not yet over: Report

  World | March 24, 2015 12:07 IST

  Johannesburg: The number of Ebola cases might have declined, but the crisis caused by the disease is not yet over, the global medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Monday.The organisation also revealed

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  UN agencies join forces for zero Ebola in West Africa

  World | March 12, 2015 7:15 IST

  United Nations: Two UN agencies -- the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) -- have come together to bring the cases of Ebola outbreak in West Africa down to zero, a

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  Ebola death toll rises to 6,331 as S Leone overtakes Liberia

  World | December 27, 2014 11:07 IST

  Geneva: More than 6,300 people have now died from Ebola in the three hardest hit nations in west Africa, the World Health Organization has said, as Sierra Leone overtook Liberia as the country with the

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  Francois Hollande to visit Guinea next week, focus on fighting Ebola

  World | November 22, 2014 6:28 IST

  Paris: French President Francois Hollande will visit the West African countries next week, including the Ebola-hit Guinea-Conakry Nov 28 and will focus on ways to eradicate the deadly virus, media reported on Friday.Hollande would "implement

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  UN Ebola mission official dies in Guinea

  World | November 18, 2014 7:56 IST

  Accra: The United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) here on Monday announced the sudden death of Marcel Rudasingwa, assistant secretary general and the Mission's emergency crisis manager in Guinea.Rudasingwa, a Rwandan national, passed

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  Ebola death toll rises to 5,177: WHO

  World | November 15, 2014 11:08 IST

  Geneva: The World Health Organisation said today that 5,177 people had so far died of Ebola across eight countries, out of a total 14,413 cases of infection, since late December 2013.On Wednesday, the UN health

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  UNICEF to increase staff in Africa to combat Ebola

  World | November 04, 2014 10:43 IST

  United Nations: UNICEF said that the agency would be increasing its staff from 300 to 600 to combat Ebola in West Africa's Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the three countries most affected by the dreaded

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  Ebola responsible for more than 4,800 deaths: WHO

  World | October 23, 2014 8:34 IST

  London: The World Health Organization says Ebola is now believed to have killed more than 4,800 people globally and that the spread of the lethal virus remains "persistent and widespread" in West Africa.In a new

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  Barack Obama coalition-building again, this time on Ebola

  World | October 20, 2014 23:49 IST

  Washington: After rallying dozens of nations to join the fight against Islamic State militants, President Barack Obama is back in the coalition-building business — this time to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.Obama is

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  Ebola Death Toll Soars to 4,555, Total 9,216 Cases Registered: WHO

  World | October 18, 2014 9:43 IST

  Geneva: More than 4,500 people have died in the deadly Ebola outbreak that began in west Africa at the beginning of the year, fresh World Health Organization figures showed today.The UN health agency said that

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  UN chief appoints three Ebola crisis managers

  World | October 09, 2014 12:09 IST

  United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appointed three crisis managers for Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone where the Ebola epidemic is spreading.His spokesperson said Wednesday Ban appointed Marcel Rudasingwa of Rwanda as Ebola

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  Ebola: Sierra Leone asks to play in Ghana

  Football | August 13, 2014 12:28 IST

  CAIRO : Sierra Leone has asked for permission to play some of its African Cup qualifiers in Ghana because of the Ebola outbreak at home. The Confederation of African Football said in a statement to

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  Ebola virus: Man under observation in Chennai hospital

  India | August 10, 2014 16:26 IST

  Chennai: A 26-year-old man, who had returned from Guinea, has been admitted in a government hospital in Chennai and is under "screening and observation" for Ebola virus, hospital authorities said.The man from Theni district in