Eight bodies, including those of three journalists, were found after an attack on a team trying to educate locals on the risks of the Ebola virus in a remote area of southeastern Guinea, a government spokesman said on Thursday. "The eight bodies were found in the village latrine. Three of them had their throats slit," Damantang Albert Camara told Reuters by telephone in Conakry. However, Guinea's Prime Minister Mohamed Saïd Fofana, speaking in a television message that had been recorded earlier, said 7 bodies of 9 missing people had been found. He said six people have been arrested following the incident, which took place on Tuesday in Wome, a village close to the town of Nzerekore, in Guinea's southeast, where Ebola was first identified in March. Since then the virus has killed some 2,630 people and infected at least 5,357 people, according to World Health Organization (WHO), mostly in Guinea, neighboring Sierra Leone and Liberia. It has also spread to Senegal and … [Read more...] about Eight bodies found after attack on Guinea Ebola education team
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43 killed in Nigeria in suspected Boko Haram school attack
KANO - Suspected Boko Haram Islamists killed 43 people on Tuesday in an attack on secondary school students as they slept in the latest school massacre to hit Nigeria's troubled northeast. Buni Yadi in Yobe state and bore the hallmarks of a similar attack last September in which 40 died. The attackers reportedly hurled explosives into student residential buildings, sprayed gunfire into rooms and hacked a number of students to death. A senior medical source at the Sani Abacha Specialist Hospital in Yobe's capital Damaturu said the gunmen only targeted male students and that female students were "spared". "So far, 43 bodies have been brought (from the college) and are lying at the morgue," said the source, who requested anonymity as he was not authorised to discuss death tolls. A statement released by President Goodluck Jonathan's office described the killing by people it called "deranged terrorists and fanatics", as "callous and senseless". "The … [Read more...] about 43 killed in Nigeria in suspected Boko Haram school attack
Nation promotes greater trade ties with Nigeria
HA NOI — Viet Nam considers Nigeria, with its population of 160 million, a key market with high potential, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Le Duong Quang said yesterday at a Viet Nam-Nigeria Business Forum held in Ha Noi yesterday. Viet Nam hoped to develop comprehensive co-operation with Nigeria in commerce and banking and other investments, and it viewed the country as a gateway to other markets in western and central Africa, Quang said. He suggested that the two countries continue to sign co-operation agreements to create a favourable legal framework for their businesses. He also asked Nigeria to recognise Viet Nam as a market economy and support Vietnamese businesses to promote investment in petroleum exploitation and exploration, mining, electrical production, information technology and consumer goods in Nigeria. Nigerian secretary of state for commerce and investment Samuel Ioraer Ortom said Nigeria had become the leading importer of seafood products in western … [Read more...] about Nation promotes greater trade ties with Nigeria
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women launched
CPV: The UN on February 24 celebrates the historic launch of UN Women, its newest organization, with an evening including luminaries from the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, the media, music and film in the UN General Assembly Hall, New York. UN Women, formally known as the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, combines four previous UN bodies and represents the UN's most ambitious effort ever to accelerate actions to achieve gender equality. Around the world, supporters of women's rights have heralded its debut. "With the birth of UN Women, we welcome a powerful new agent for progress on gender equality and women's empowerment," says UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. "The challenges are great, but I believe that with the new energy, the new momentum and the new authority that UN Women brings, these challenges will be met. True gender equality should be our shared legacy in the 21st Century." The Secretary-General appointed former … [Read more...] about United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women launched
Nigeria keen for joint agricultural initiatives with Vietnam
Nigeria wants to promote closer agricultural cooperation with Vietnam and its Government will prioritise visa applications from Vietnamese investors, and specialists, confirmed the Nigerian charge d'affaires Sani Bako. The Nigerian diplomat stated this at a seminar on Vietnamese-Nigerian cooperation in business and investment in Hanoi on April 23. He went on to say that Nigeria's agricultural sector has a vast amount of potential, especially for producing rice, adding that his country will not only provide huge tracts of land but will also create a stable and supportive environment for investments to grow. It will be extremely profitable for Vietnamese businesses to enter into joint partnerships with Nigerians by providing technical support, similar to the current two plus one arrangement between Vietnam, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and a number of African countries, said Mr Bako. He also suggested that both countries take a fresh look at key areas such as oil and … [Read more...] about Nigeria keen for joint agricultural initiatives with Vietnam