Mozambique declared free of mines

Mozambique removes the last of its 171,000 known landmines after two decades of work to get rid of the explosives, a British charity says.

BBC

Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

BBC

23 Sep

Mozambique leads way on tackling mines

Mozambique has rid itself of landmines - but they are still a huge problem in other parts of the world, says Karen Allen.

 

11 years ago

BBC

Many Congo mines 'warlord free'

More than two-thirds of mines in eastern DR Congo which produced "conflict minerals" four years ago are no longer run by warlords, a report says.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Nigeria to be declared Ebola-free

The World Health Organization is expected to declare Nigeria officially free of Ebola on Monday, after six weeks with no new cases.

 

9 years ago

BBC

29 Dec

Guinea to be declared free of Ebola

Guinea is to be declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organization (WHO), two years after the epidemic began there.

 

10 years ago

BBC

15 Nov

DR Congo is declared Ebola-free

A three-month Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo - involving a separate strain from the outbreak in West Africa - has ended after claiming at least 49 lives, officials say.

 

9 years ago

BBC

07 Nov

Sierra Leone to be declared Ebola-free

Sierra Leone celebrates ahead of what it expects will be official confirmation from the World Health Organization that the country is free of Ebola.

 

9 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: Sierra Leone declared Ebola-free

There are celebrations in Sierra Leone as the World Health Organisation announces that the country is free of Ebola.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

27 Sep

FEATURE : Battle continues as four more countries declared malaria free

Four countries around the world—the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Turkmenistan and Armenia were recently confirmed to have eliminated malaria.

 

11 years ago

IPPmedia

04 Mar

'Children should be in school not in mines'

'Children should be in school not in mines'
IPPmedia
Parents and guardians in gold rich Geita district have been warned not to send their children to the mines but to invest in their children's education instead or face stringent legal repercussions. Geita District Commissioner Manzie Mangochie said some ...

 

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