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Item 24 Perish in Malaysia school fire.(daily monitor, 2017-09-15) AfpMalaysia. At least 24 people, mostly children were killed yesterday when a blaze tore through a Malaysia religious school, trapped in their dormitory by metal grilles on windows.Item Confusion over vaccine complicates Ebola fight.(daily monitor, 2018-05-26) AfpEfforts. Dr Congo health officials launched a small, targeted vaccination campaign this week to help rein in the latest Ebola outbreak.Item Death toll from flooding tops, 1,000.(daily monitor, 2017-08-25) AfpIndia. The death toll from floods sweeping South Asia has risen above 1,000. officials said yesterday, as rescue teams try to reach millions stranded by the region's worst monsoon disasters in recent years.Item Ebola victims run to pastors and witchdoctor's for cure.(daily monitor, 2018-05-24) AfpMisconception: In Dr Congo, elsewhere in Africa, disease and deaf are often not looked on as natural phenomena. Kinshasa: Health workers fighting Ebola in democratic republic of Congo have run into an invisible but powerful hurdle a belief system that deems the disease to be a curse or the result of evil spirit.Item Floods kill 175 in India, Nepal.(daily monitor, 2017-08-15) AfpNepal. At least 175 people have died and thousands have fled their homes as monsoon floods swept across Nepal, India and Bangladesh. officials said yesterday warning the toll could rise as the extent of the damage becomes clear.Item Hawking, the man whose brain transcended disability.(New Vision, 2018-03-15) AfpLiving with motor neurone for more than 50 years, Stephen Hawking transcended his disability for becoming one of the science's brightest stars, harnessing to once again give a voice to his ideas.Item Kenyan cattle herders defend invading ranches.(New Vision, 2017-07-21) AfpThey say poor rains have forced theft to cut fences in search of grazing land, ranchers, farmers and conservationists of protecting their livelihood as the pastoralists expense. they also accuse security forces to unfairly targeting them.Item Obama in last attempt to save healthcare law.(New Vision, 2017-01-05) AfpUS president Barack Obama was scheduled to make a short, but politically charged trip from the white house to capital hill yesterday, calling allied lawmakers to arms in defence of his signature healthcare reforms.Item Rwanda set to earn huge profits from essential oils.(New Vision, 2017-07-20) AfpInside a metal she in south eastern Rwanda, Nicholas Hitimana brandished a plastic container holding green liquid: geranium essential oil, freshly distilled and ready for export at more than $200 for a kilogramme.Item Sixth extinction of wildlife faster than feared-scientists.(New Vision, 2017-07-12) AfpThe sixth mass extinction of life on earth is unfolding more quickly than feared, scientists have warned. More than 30% of animals with a backbone-fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals are declining in both range and population, according to the first comprehensive analysis of these trends.