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Item 500 dead in Syria regime's Aleppo assault(Daily monitor, 2016-12-02) AFPA Russian-backed regime onslaught in northern Syria was reported Wednesday to have killed more than 500 people this month, as Turkey faced new pressure to open its border to people fleeing the violence. World powers urged Russia to end its air strikes, which a senior US official said were "directly enabling" the Islamic State group, and the UN Security Council met to discuss the conflict.Item Babies born in Africa face alarming risks(New Vision, 2018-02-21) AFPBabies born in the world's poorest countries, most of them in Africa, still face "alarming" risks of death that can be 50 times as high as those in the richest countries, according to a UNICEF report released yesterday.Item Devastation in Florida as Hurricane Irma Weakens(New Vision, 2017-09-13) AFPMillions of Florida residents were without power and extensive damage was reported in the Florida keys, but most of the sunshine state appeared on Monday to have dodged forecasts of catastrophic damage from Hurricane Irma.Item Diabetes taking toll on Africa-report(New Vision, 2017-07-07) AFPThe costs of diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa could double to almost $60b annually just 13 years from now, as obesity fuels an explosion of the disease, a report said yesterday.Item Ebola kills 17 in DR Congo(Daily monitor, 2018-05-11) AFPSeventeen people in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo have died from Ebola. Twenty one cases of fever with hemorrhagic indication and 17 deaths have been recorded in Equateur province.Item Ebola patients running to pastors, witchdoctors(New Vision, 2018-05-24) AFPHealth workers fighting Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo have run into an invisible, but powerful hurdle - a belief system that deems the disease to be a curse or a result of evil spirits.Item Illegal kidney trade booming in Pakistan(New Vision, 2017-06-28) AFPWhen Pakistani authorities burst into a makeshift hospital in Lahore this year, doctors were caught mid-way through two illegal kidney transplants, the local donors and Omani clients still unconscious on the tables.Item Illegal kidney trade booming in Pakistan.(New vision, 2017-06-28) AFPWhen Pakistani authorities burst into a makeshift hospital in Lahore this year, doctors were caught midway through two illegal kidney transplants, the local donors and Omani clients still unconscious on the tables. The doctors were allowed to finish the operation then arrested, along with their assistants and the Omanis, in a raid Pakistani authorities say is a turning point in their battle against organ trafficking.Item India riots death toll rises(Daily monitor, 2016-02-22) AFPTen people have died in caste protests which triggered widespread arson and looting in a north Indian state, police said Sunday, as New Delhi faced a water crisis after mobs shut down a key supply. Thousands of troops with shoot-on-sight orders were deployed on Saturday in Haryana state, a day after week-long protests turned violent with rioters setting fire to homes and railway stations and blocking highways.Item International Zika experts descend on Brazil(Daily monitor, 2016-02-18) AFPInternational experts including World Health Organisation Chief Margaret Chan, are visiting Brazil to check out a major increase in Zika virus infections, which have been blamed for birth defects.Item Iran quake leaves more than 300 dead.(Daily Monitor, 2017-11-14) AFPThe Iranian rescue workers dug through rubble in a hunt for through rubble in a hunt for survivors yesterday after a major earthquake struck the Iran-Iraq border, killing more than 300 and injuring thousands. The 7.3-magnitude quake hits a border area 30 kilometres (20 miles) southwest of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan on Sunday, when many people would have been at home, the Us Geological Survey said.Item Kenya launches voter registration for 2017 polls(Daily monitor, 2016-02-18) AFPKenya launched a voter registration drive Monday for elections in August 2017, in a bid to push numbers to a record 25 million voters. "We are urging Kenyans to turn up in large numbers and register as voters," Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chief Isaack Hassan said at the launch in Nairobi.Item Kenyan medic performs brain surgery on wrong patient(New Vision, 2018-03-05) AFPThe hospital said the surgeon, as well as two nurses and an anaesthestist, had been suspended pending an investigation into the operation "on the wrong patient"Item Korea to have more tests(New Vision, 2017-08-31) AFPNorth Korea leader Kim Jong-Un has promised more missille flights over Japan, insisting his nuclear-armed nation's provocative launch was a mere "curtain-raiser", in the face of UN condemnation and US warnings of severe repercussions.Item Lawyer denied access to jailed Rwandan leader(Daily monitor, 2016-02-18) AFPA lawyer representing jailed Rwandan opposition figure Victoria Ingabire has said he is being blocked from seeing his client ahead of her appeal before an African rights court, according to correspondence seen by AFP Tuesday.Item Liberia's Weah pledges to alter 'racist' constitution(Daily Monitor, 2018-02-01) AFPLiberian President George Weah has said he would seek to remove "racist" clause that restricts citizen ship to black people, and pledged to take a pay cut in a dire economy.Item Madonna takes kids back to Malawi to open hospital(New Vision, 2017-07-12) AFPUS pop superstar Madonna on Tuesday took her four adopted Malawian children to the opening of a paediatric hospital wing that her charity has built in their home country.Item Madonna takes kids back to Malawi to open hospital.(New vision, 2017-07-12) AFPUS pop superstar Madonna on Tuesday took her four adopted Malawian children to the opening of a paediatric hospital wing that her charity has built in their country. Standing alongside President peter Mutharika, she unveiled a plaque to mark the completion of the 50-bed facility in Malawi's second city of Blantyre.Item Michigan AG launches probe into gymnastics sex abuse doctor(New Vision, 2018-01-29) AFPMichigan's attorney general (AG) promised on saturday a ''full and complete investigation into how ex US Gymnastics doctor larry Nasser got away with abusing young women over the two deades he worked at a University.Item Miracle cue' for HIV/AIDs business flourishes in Nigeria(Daily Monitor, 2017-12-02) AFPDespair and stigma experienced by people living with HIV makes them targets for range of supposed miracle workers, including internet scams. In deeply religious Nigeria.