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Daily Press
March 3, 2018
Firefighters from the Abingdon and Gloucester volunteer fire and rescue companies, as well as York County Department of Fire and Life Safety and Navy Regional Mid Atlantic extinguished multiple brush fires in the Guinea area of Gloucester Friday night, officials said. (Abingdon Volunteer Fire & Rescue).
The Independent
March 2, 2018
Papua New Guinea earthquake: Island declares state of emergency after landslides kill 31 and bury whole towns ... 13 people died when landslides covered remote hamlets close to where the quake struck, some 350 miles north-west of the capital, Port Moresby, an official who put the total death toll at 31.
Reliefweb
February 28, 2018
Security Council Extends Mandate of United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2404 (2018) ... It further deplored reports of lack of respect for the right of peaceful assembly, urging authorities to comply with their obligations under internationalÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
February 28, 2018
Papua New Guinea Officials Say Whole Villages Flattened by Deadly Quake ... of the confirmed fatalities were in or around the provincial capital of Mendi, where television pictures showed collapsed buildings and landslides, and the town of Tari, according to authorities and residents contacted by Reuters.
IFEX
February 11, 2018
"The Guinean authorities much launch an investigation without delay in order to shed light on this attack and on the death threats. They have a duty to guarantee the safety of journalists, who must be able to do investigative reporting with complete freedom and without being subjected to any pressure."
WTOP
February 8, 2018
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Authorities in Guinea announced the first death from Lassa fever in more than two decades Thursday, heightening anxiety about ... “This official silence in the face of an epidemic is the reason I buried eight members of my family who became victims of Ebola,” said studentÃâà...
africanews
December 31, 1999
A detained cartoonist is set to be released by the Equatorial Guinea authorities after charges against him were dropped at a hearing on Tuesday ... His pieces usually criticizes the president and government officials, consequently there were fears that he may be charged with criminal defamation evenÃâà...
Hindustan Times
December 31, 1999
More than 30 people are believed to have died after a powerful earthquake struck Papua New Guinea's mountainous interior, a report said Tuesday as details of “extensive” damage began to emerge. The 7.5-magnitude tremor struck 90 kilometres south of Porgera in the Pacific nation's Enga province earlyÃâà...
