Liverpool shine on Balotelli's bow

Mario Balotelli made a winning debut as Liverpool produced a
dazzling performance to defeat Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 at
White Hart Lane.
It took just eight minutes for Liverpool to break the deadlock
as Raheem Sterling tucked a neat finish past Hugo Lloris
following good work by Daniel Sturridge and Jordan
Henderson.
Balotelli had two or three chances to give Liverpool a more
commanding lead, while Spurs also played their part in an
absorbing first half and needed Simon Mignolet to save well
from Nacer Chadli just before the break.
But Balotelli’s display was overshadowed by an excellent
Liverpool showing as Steven Gerrard added a second from the
penalty spot on 49 minutes following a foul by Eric Dier on Joe
Allen, and then Albert Moreno sealed victory with a stunning
solo goal on the hour mark.
Despite insisting in the build-up it would not become 'the
Mario Balotelli show', the pre-match focus was on the Italian
who had a wonderful chance to open his account after three
minutes.
The maverick striker found space to meet a Sturridge cross at
the back post, only for Lloris to save his close-range header
before the striker turned the rebound wide.
It was poor from Balotelli but a missed opportunity soon
forgotten as Liverpool's England trio combined for a stylish
opener.
Sturridge played through Henderson, whose low, driven cross
was turned in at the back post by Sterling - a team goal which
will have no doubt pleased watching England manager Roy
Hodgson.
Emmanuel Adebayor had a decent chance to level almost
immediately when put through by Nabil Bentaleb, only for him
to lift the ball onto the roof of the net.
It was a rare moment of respite as Liverpool toyed with the
hosts, wasting several decent chances to pull further ahead.
Sturridge wriggled free to strike a low left-footed effort just
wide, before Balotelli wasted another gilt-edged chance when
failing to head on target despite being left unmarked from a
Gerrard free-kick.
Adebayor was proving a nuisance as Spurs began to settle,
although a wayward effort from Danny Rose was all they had to
show for their improved performance.
They were still looking shaky on occasion at the back and Lloris
was fortunate not to be punished for a rush of blood to the
head.
Soon after saving a Sturridge pot shot, the French goalkeeper,
like so many times before, burst off his line to make an
interception, which he put straight at Balotelli - a chance the
Italian snatched at, screwing wide of the open goal.
Balotelli was guilty of firing wildly over from a corner just
before the break, which Spurs were close to going into level.
Adebayor showed good strength to flick the ball through to
Chadli, although the attacker's goalbound drive was denied by
Mignolet.
Spurs were fortunate not to be further behind at the break but
Liverpool did double their advantage four minutes into the
second half.
Dier was adjudged to have pulled back Allen in the box, with
Gerrard striking home the resulting penalty - a record 43rd
successive spot-kick for Liverpool.
It looked a soft decision by referee Phil Dowd and one which
led Mauricio Pochettino to make alterations, although the
introduction of Townsend immediately cost Spurs.
The dawdling winger was dispossessed by Moreno just inside
the Liverpool half, with the left-back powering down the flank
before letting fly across Lloris.
Balotelli was withdrawn after the Spaniard's fine solo effort,
which would have been usurped as the game's best goal had
the final touch matched the quality of Sterling's inspired, mazy
run.
Lloris denied that tame effort and a low Sturridge strike as the
tempo slowed and game petered out.
There was a worrying moment for Hodgson as Rose was
replaced after picking up a knock towards the end of a match
which Spurs underwhelmed.

Israel claims 400 hectares in West Bank for ‘state use’

Israel has announced plans to expropriate 400 hectares of land in the
occupied West Bank in a move Palestinian officials fear will only cause
more friction after the Gaza conflict.
The announcement concerning land south of Bethlehem, inside what
Israelis call the Etzion bloc of settlements, comes after Israel determined
the land was not cultivated with enough intensity for the Palestinians to
maintain their ownership rights.
Signs have already been posted on the land by military administrators
saying “state land – no trespassing”. Dror Etkes, head of the Kerem Navot
NGO which specialises in West Bank land issues, said: “There is enough
territory for a very big settlement with thousands of units.”
The notice published by the military gave no reason for the decision, but
Israel Radio said the step was taken in response to the kidnapping and
killing of three Jewish teenagers in the area in June.
Peace Now, which opposes Israeli settlement activities in the West Bank,
said the appropriation was meant to turn a site where 10 families now live
adjacent to a Jewish seminary into a permanent settlement.
Danny Dayan, a settler leader, denied that rightful owners would be
dispossessed, stressing that people with a claim can lodge an appeal
within 45 days.
Other settler leaders praised the land declaration as an appropriate
response to the murder of three Israeli teens. “The goal of the murderers
of the three youths was to sow fear and disrupt our living routine and our
answer is strengthening settlement and building,’’ Davidi Perl, head of the
local settlements council, said.
In Israel’s view, building in the area would not constitute a new settlement
because the site is officially designated a neighbourhood of an existing
one, Alon Shvut.
Construction of a major settlement at the location, known as "Gevaot",
has been mooted by Israel since 2000. Last year, the government invited
bids for the building of 1,000 housing units at the site.
Peace Now said the land seizure was the largest announced by Israel in the
West Bank since the 1980s. A local Palestinian mayor said Palestinians
owned the tracts and harvested olive trees on them.
Israel has been long criticised by the international community for its
settlement activities, which most countries regard as illegal under
international law and a major obstacle to the creation of a viable
Palestinian state in any future peace deal.

Iran slams US on new sanctions

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has criticised the US for
new sanctions, saying they are “not compatible” with the
spirit of current negotiations.
Speaking on Iranian TV, he said Iran was still committed to
continuing nuclear talks with the US and five other
international powers.
New sanctions on 25 firms and individuals were announced
in Washington on Friday, according to the British
Broadcasting Corporation.
World powers suspect Iran seeks atomic weapons, a claim it
strongly denies.The country insists that it is enriching
uranium for use in nuclear power stations and for medical
purposes.
The new sanctions target those suspected of evading
previous sanctions, aiding the nuclear programme or
supporting terrorism, US officials said.
“They are in conflict with the spirit of talks. They are
unconstructive in my opinion,” he said
However Rouhani confirmed that Iran would continue
nuclear talks with the P5+1 countries for a final agreement
on its nuclear programme.
“If there are no excessive demands in the issue and if the
opposite side shows loyalty…we can achieve a final deal,” he
said.
And he added: “Of course we bypass sanctions. We are
proud that we bypass sanctions because the sanctions are
illegal.”
Talks aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear programme in
exchange for ending sanctions began in February, but Iran
and the six countries involved failed to reach a deal by the
July 20 deadline.
Speaking at a news conference broadcast on state TV,
Rouhani said the introduction of new sanctions was “a very
ugly move” that would deepen distrust between the two
sides.

Cassadee Pope Interview

At just 23, Cassadee
Pope’s unique vocals and
powerful performances
stole the national
spotlight during Season 3
of “The Voice.”
The reigning star of the
NBC hit primetime show
wowed from the start with offers from all
four judges during the blind auditions
before accepting with Team Blake
(Shelton). Excelling throughout the
competition, Pope displayed diverse
musical tastes and talents, covering such songs as “Stupid
Boy” (Keith Urban) and “Cry” (Faith Hill).
Her version of the Country hit “Over You” (Miranda Lambert)
was one of her three Voice performances that catapulted to
the #1 spot on the iTunes All-Genre Chart, further proving
Pope’s wide consumer appeal and vocal prowess.
Frame By Frame features her first UK single, “I Wish I Could
Break Your Heart” and her recent US single “Wasting All
These Tears”
Music-News.com caught up with Cassadee Pope prior to her
London Gibson showcase to find out more.

Beyonce 'believes scandals will blow over

Beyonce Knowles is
reportedly adamant that
all the scandal
surrounding her and her
family will blow over
soon.
The American songstress
has had to battle
rumours about her marriage to Jay Z ever
since a video was leaked in May that
showed her younger sister Solange
attacking Jay in an elevator.
The latest scandal to hit the couple is from
a woman named Tina Seals who is reportedly suing them
over claims she is the biological mother of their daughter
Blue Ivy, two.
"She knows it will blow over, and is adamant that it's not
true. But the latest scandal couldn't have come at a worst
time. She wanted to use her time away from the tour to
collect herself after everything that's happened in the last
few months, and this has come as yet another hurtful blow.
It's the last thing she needs, especially on top of all the
problems between her and Jay," an insider told British
magazine Grazia.
Tina has previously issued similar lawsuits against Kim
Kardashian and Michael Jackson, which were dismissed.
Beyonce is thought to be pouring all her time and efforts
into trying to get her marriage on track.
The couple, one of the most powerful unions in music, have
been on their joint On The Run Tour since June, and have
two dates left to play next month in France.
"The tour has been a whirlwind. It came hot on the heels of
what has been the biggest test of their relationship. During
their month off, they've agreed to give their marriage one
last go and see if they can work things out, after which
Beyonce will decide what she's going to do," the insider said.
To help with their marriage, the pair have reportedly been
seeking outside help including the guidance of a divorce-
busting coach and a hypnotherapist who focuses on trust
issues.
"They want to pull out all the stops to save their marriage. At
the moment Beyonce is still in two minds, but they can't live
in flux forever. Sooner or later she'll have to decide whether
her marriage is worth saving," the source added.
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Ebola: School owners, FG on collision course

Private school owners
in Lagos State and the
Federal Government
may clash over the
latter’s order directing
all primary and
secondary schools in
the country to resume on October 13, 2014, instead of the
anticipated September 15.
The school owners, under the umbrella of the National
Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, believe that
the directive is unnecessary and should not be considered
as part of the measures to prevent the spread of Ebola virus
in the country.
They expressed their feeling at a sensitisation programme
on Ebola held on Thursday at Victory Grammar School,
Ikeja, Lagos.
The Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, had
announced the resumption date after a meeting with the 36
state commissioners of education on Tuesday in Abuja
But speaking at the sensitisation programme, the Lagos
State President of the National Association of Proprietors of
Private Schools, Mr. Yomi Otubela, said, “We have sent our
appeal to the Federal Government through the Lagos State
Special Adviser on Public Health informing it that if religious
organisations and other places are left open, these children
could as well contract the virus there.
“If markets that have more crowd than what we have in
schools are not asked to close down, then we wonder why
the government will not allow us put preventive measures in
place and allow these children return to school. School is
supposed to be a place of knowledge and we are to educate
and expose them to the knowledge on what they need to
know to prevent the spread of the virus, not keeping them
out of schools and keeping them ignorant of what is
happening.”
But the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Government on
Public Health, Dr. Yewande Adeshina, disagreed with the
school owners, asking them to abide by the Federal
Government’s directive.
She also asked them not to place priority on their financial
wellbeing over the physical wellbeing of the school children.
The founder of Supreme Educational Foundation Schools,
Mrs. Adenike Adamolekun, also said the directive by the
Federal Government was senseless.
She said, “Just as we are praising the Federal Government
for being proactive in containing the Ebola virus, we are also
condemning them on this one. It does not make sense at all.
Even if they had any doubt, what they needed to have done
was to have put together some precautions and extend it to
all schools, ensuring that all schools abide by them.
“Shutting the schools for a whole month, considering the fact
they will be shut down next year again because of elections,
is a bad idea. Moreover, parents do not know what to do
with those kids. I think this is an unnecessary approach to
the issue.”
A school proprietress, Dr. Maggie Ibru, stated that what the
Federal Government could have done was to provide hand
sanitisers in all private and public schools in the country.
She said it was in the capability of the Federal Government
to provide hand sanitisers and increase the level of
sanitisation in all schools in the country.
She said, “No, the Federal Government got it wrong on this
one because this will not stop the students from
participating in international examinations. What the
government should have done is to supply all schools with
hand sanitisers, both private and public, because who
attend the private schools too are Nigerians.
“They should allow the children to go back to school. What to
do is simple: the Federal Government could have increased
the sensitisation level on Ebola prevention in our schools
and if possible, give a directive to all schools not to allow
guests enter their premises, or rather mandate every child
and visitor be subjected to a test before entering the school
premises. These are the measures that the Federal
Government should have taken.”
Meanwhile, inadequate test and treatment centres for the
Ebola Virus Disease has been identified as one of the
greatest challenges threatening the government’s efforts to
contain the spread of the deadly virus.
Though four test centres have been set up in the Lagos
University Teaching Hospital; Centre for Disease Control in
Asokoro, Abuja; University College Hospital, Ibadan; and the
Redeemers University Laboratory, Kilometer 35 Lagos-
Ibadan Expressway, doctors, who spoke with Saturday
PUNCH, flayed the government over what they called
inadequate test and treatment centres in the country.
They said that adequate test and treatment centres are very
important to the management of Ebola outbreak among
other measures such as sufficient isolation facilities and
protective kits for medical personnel.
According to them, it is unheard of for a country of over 160
million people to rely on four test centres at a time it is
faced with a deadly disease that has, in the World Health
Organisation’s estimation, killed 1,552 people in West Africa.
The Ebola Virus Disease was on July 24, 2014 imported to
Nigeria by a 40-year-old Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer.
Shortly after Sawyer died of the disease on his arrival in
Lagos, the Federal Government quickly rose to prevent the
spread of the virus by putting in place many measures such
as banning inter-state movement of corpses. It also
promised to establish nine more test centres across the
nation by September.
The Minster of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, had also
announced the plans to send mobile laboratories to Enugu
and Plateau states for the diagnosis of the virus following
fears that some people might have contracted the disease in
the two states.
President Goodluck Jonathan had equally announced the
release of N1.9bn Special Intervention Fund for the
management of Ebola.
The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr.
Reuban Abati, had explained that the N1.9bn Ebola Fund
would be used “to further strengthen on-going steps to
contain the virus such as the establishment of additional
isolation centres, case management, contact tracing,
deployment of additional personnel, screening at borders,
and the procurement of required items and facilities.”
In spite of these measures, a virologist, Dr. Akinjogunla
Olajide, said the four testing centres for Ebola virus were not
enough for the country with a population of over 160 million
people.
He said each of the 36 states of the federation should have
at least a test centre to handle emergency related to the
outbreak of a deadly virus such as Ebola.
Olajide said the need for each state to have its test centre
became necessary because of the difficulty that would be
involved in transporting the sample of a suspected Ebola
patient from a place like Cross River State to Lagos State as a
result of the distance between the two states.
The virologist also said that the four test centres currently
available in the country lacked necessary facilities.
Olajide said, “Containing the spread of Ebola virus requires
specially trained personnel. The four centres we have in
Nigeria today may boast of qualified personnel, but the
major challenge that may hinder their effectiveness is
inadequate facilities.”
He expressed the fear that there may be an outbreak of the
Ebola disease in Port Harcourt in the next few days following
the death in Port Harcourt of a doctor who treated a
diplomat who contracted Ebola from Sawyer, the index case.
According to him, the victim must have interacted with many
people before he succumbed to the disease.
Chukwu, the Health Minister had on Wednesday confirmed
that the diplomat had contracted the virus, and that the
Ebola virus was responsible for killing the late doctor.
He said, “A man who works for ECOWAS, a primary contact
of the index case, evaded surveillance and travelled to Port
Harcourt. He became ill and he went to a hospital in Port
Harcourt for treatment.
“Although he recovered, the doctor who treated him died
last week. The widow of the doctor alerted us and we
investigated the case. It is now confirmed that the doctor
died of Ebola. His widow has been put under quarantine.
“The ECOWAS staff member is also under quarantine. There
is evidence that he had the virus but might have recovered.
We cannot rule out the option that he still has the virus.”
The minister said 70 people were under surveillance in Port
Harcourt.
The latest development brings the total number of Ebola
cases in Nigeria to 15 from the 13 announced by the health
minister on Monday.
The President, Nigerian Medical Association, Dr. Kayode
Obembe, also believes that the four centres are not enough
for the country with its huge population. He said that the
centres were poorly equipped.
According to him, each state of the federation should have
at least a test centre for effective prevention of the spread of
the Ebola virus.
Obembe, who claimed that the Federal Government has the
capacity to contain the spread of the Ebola virus, however,
urged it to embark on rigorous training and re-training of
health workers and volunteers involved in managing the
centres.
Another medical practitioner, Dr. Rotimi Adesanya, said the
treatment of the Ebola disease involves a lot of financial
resources, special training, kits and handling of the facilities,
which may be the reason the government could not dabble
into making the facility available at every nook and cranny
of the country. He said, “If the government makes it
available everywhere, it may expose the populace to the
disease, but the government can at least have equipped
treatment centres that have the capacity of combating the
disease. However, the focus should be more on treatment
centres, not testing centres, and the truth is that we don’t
have adequate treatment centres across the country.
“However, I think every state should have about three
treatment centres, which could be one per senatorial zone
and about one or two testing centres in each state, because
doing the test everywhere may lead to spreading the virus
due to misplacement or any other thing.
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Ebola: 160 placed under observation in Rivers

Following the death of an Ebola victim in Port Harcourt,
Rivers State during the week, at least 160 persons that made
contact with the victim have been identified and put under
observation.
The Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Sampson Parker,
stated at a news conference at the state’s secretariat in Port
Harcourt on Friday that the people had shown no signs of
the Ebola disease.
He, however, said that the people were strictly under watch.
The commissioner added that the baby of the widow of the
late health worker, who has since been quarantined, was in
good health.
While dispelling rumours that the state was not working with
the Federal Government in tackling the spread of the
disease, Parker said, “Rivers State now has a mobile testing
unit for testing blood samples for the virus. A national Ebola
response team has been set up and headed by the Minister
of Health, Professor Oyenbuchi Chukwu.”
He also stated that all places identified to have been visited
by the late victim after he met with an ECOWAS diplomat,
Oluibukun Koye, were being decontaminated as part of
measures to contain the spread of the disease.
The late doctor’s residence, the Green Heart hospital, where
he was treated and the morgue where his body was kept,
were part of the places being decontaminated.
Meanwhile, there was panic in the University of Calabar
Teaching Hospital in Cross River State over a suspected
Ebola case on Friday.
The scare was intensified when a member of the National
Conference from the state, Mr. Orok Duke, took to his
Facebook page to spread the information.
Duke said an Ebola patient arrived from Port Harcourt and
had been quarantined.
But the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. Thomas
Agan, expressed shock over the situation while describing
Duke’s claim as unfounded.
In a text message sent to one of our correspondents, he
said, “I am shocked that someone of your status will post an
unfounded story on Facebook to misinform not only
Nigerians but the world at large! You know the implications
are far reaching!
“Please be informed that there is no case of Ebola both in
UCTH and General Hospital, Calabar. I will advise you to
retract what you have posted immediately Sir!”
The state Commissioner for Health, Angela Oyo-Ita, said it
was not true that an Ebola patient was quarantined at UCTH.
She said, “It is absolutely false. Whoever is bringing that up
does not mean well for the state. A sick patient came in and
people ran away. I received a call and acted on it; so they
got back to me and said the person tested HIV positive. The
person came from Port Harcourt.
“It is not true that people have been quarantined in the
hospital. The patient has been tested for HIV and not Ebola.”
The Ebola Virus Disease has killed five persons in Nigeria,
with five of the deaths occurring in Lagos State, where the
first case of the disease was recorded.
Since the outbreak of the disease in West Africa, at least
1,500 deaths have been recorded.

Late doctor knew diplomat had Ebola virus –Rivers

The Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Samson
Parker, says the late Dr. Samuel Enemou, who treated Olu
Koye, a Nigerian diplomat with the Economic Community of
West African States, was aware that the diplomat was a
carrier of the deadly Ebola virus.
The commissioner stated this during a press conference in
Port Harcourt on Friday evening.
Parker said, “He had received the late Dr. Patrick Sawyer in
Lagos. Upon developing the symptom, confided in a female
colleague, called Lilian, who contacted the late Enemuo. It
was after contact was established with Dr. Enemuo that Olu
Koye flew to Port Harcourt to see him.
“To conceal his movement, Koye, who had been quarantined
among other people for having primary contact with the late
Dr. Sawyer, the Liberian-American who transmuted the
Ebola virus into Nigeria, sneaked out of the isolation unit
where he was being observed and took a flight to Port
Harcourt and switched off his phone so that he could not be
reached or traced should he answer a call.”
On arrival in Port Harcourt, he said Koye checked into
Mandate Gardens, a local hotel in the Rumunokoro area in
Obio/Akpor Local Government Area.
The hotel is within the Rumunokoro area where Dr.
Enemuo’s private health facility, Sam Steel Clinic is located.
Parker added, “From what we have gathered so far, Dr.
Enemuo, knowing that Koye was positive of the Ebola virus
took some measures of precaution to protect himself while
treating Koye.
“Knowing the enormity of what he was doing, Enemuo upon
Koye’s departure for Lagos, poured bleach all over the room
that Koye slept in order to sanitise the place.”
He said the deceased, after having developed the symptom,
approached a colleague for treatment at Good Heart
Hospital along Evo Road in G.R.A.
He said Enemuo did not tell the doctor that was treating him
the truth, stressing that he merely told him that he had
fever.
Parker said, “He lied. He did not tell the doctor that was
treating him his full story. But the doctor, a nice and
conscientious professional, suspected that Enemuo was
either hiding something or was suffering from a strange
ailment because he proved negative to malaria, fever and
typhoid fever.
“To be sure of what he was doing, he spoke to other very
experienced doctors about the strange case he was handling
in his hospital.”
The commissioner said the doctor treating Enemuo even
invited some his colleagues to come over to his hospital to
study Enemuo’s medical history.
He said because the news of the Ebola virus was all
everywhere, those he called were afraid to honour the
invitation.
Parker added that none of them showed up at the hospital
where Enemuo was being treated, stressing that Enemuo’s
condition continued to deteriorate until he died after which
body was taken to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching
Hospital.
The commissioner also declared that the advent of the
dreaded Ebola virus in the state was currently posing a
challenge, saying the development was tantamount to a war
time situation.
He said the Rivers State governor, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi
Amaechi, had pledged to provide funds to enable the state
to procure all relevant materials as well as the services of
medical experts from Nigeria and abroad to contain the
virus.
Parker also said 60 more people who had secondary
contacts with Koye were quarantined last night, bringing the
total so far to 100.

Aide in court for defrauding Danjuma of N2bn

A special assistant to former Defence Minister, Lt. Gen. T. Y.
Danjuma (retd), Manasseh Zorto, was on Friday brought
before a Federal High Court in Lagos State for allegedly
defrauding his boss of N2bn.
The suspect, who was said to be on the run, could not be
arraigned before Justice Okon Abang on Friday.
When the matter was called, the counsel to the Special Fraud
Unite, Chief Godwin Obla, said the police were having
challenges in bringing the accused to court.
He said the police would apply for bench warrant for the
arrest of the suspect.
Obla said: “My lord, we are in court today so as not to allow
the matter to be unattended to. We humbly pray the court to
grant us more time to bring the accused to court for
arraignment.
“For now, we don’t want to apply for bench warrant but we
will make more efforts to arrest the accused.”
Justice Abang consequently fixed October 2 for the
arraignment.
According to the charge sheet, Zorto was said to have
fraudulently used his position as an employee of Tita-Kuru
Petrochemicals Limited, T.Y Holdings Limited and Central
Realities Limited, all companies linked to Danjuma, to steal
about N2bn from the companies.

NICKI MINAJ TO APPEAR ON THE ELLEN DEGENERES...

Season 12 premiere week continues with one of Ellen's most memorable guests, NICKI MINAJ on September 10!
It was the bounce felt 'round the world this summer. In an exclusive appearance, NICKI MINAJ will be filling Ellen in on her worldwide-trending video, "Anaconda"! With over 83 million views in a week, there's no denying this talented entertainer's sex appeal, and everyone knows she's not shy about sharing it on our show! Ellen might even get an idea for her next Halloween costume. The dancing, the costumes, that scene with Drake, the… fruit, our host will get the juicy details on the biggest music video of the year! Nicki says exactly what she thinks, does exactly what she wants, and always keeps it real with Ellen. See what the rapper spills when she returns!

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Nigeria Chibok abduction : 10 girls escape from militants

10 of the girls abducted from a school in Borno state,
northeastern Nigeria have escaped and are back home,
authorities say.
The girls, who were among over 100 kidnapped Monday in
Chibok, escaped when their abductors told them to wash
plates after eating.
Gunmen suspected to be members of terror movement
Boko Haram swooped on the town and its nearby all-girls
government secondary school , calling on the students to
leave their beds in the hostel.
In a press statement, the Governor of Borno said a reward
of 50 million naira will be handed to anyone who has
useful information on the whereabouts of the abducted grls

Ebola: FG orders schools to resume Oct 13

The Federal
Government on
Tuesday ordered that
all primary and
secondary schools in
the country should
resume on October 13,
2014 because of the outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in
the country.
The Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau, announced the
new resumption date after a marathon meeting with all the
36 state Commissioners of Education in Abuja on Tuesday
evening.
Shekarau, who briefed journalists after the meeting, said all
private schools in the country should also comply with the
directive.
He added that schools should suspend their summer
programmes with immediate effect.
According to him, each of the private and public schools will
be required to train at least two desk officers in
collaboration with ministry of health officials on how to
handle Ebola.
He said, “All state Commissioners of Education and I met
this day 26th August, 2014 to discuss issues related to the
reopening of schools for the new academic year (2014/2015)
vis-à-vis the Ebola epidemic issue.
“The meeting was also attended by senior officials of the
Federal Ministry of Health. At the end of the meeting, the
following decisions were arrived at as preventive measures
to ensure the safety and well-being of all students in our
schools throughout the Federation.
“All Primary and Secondary schools, both Public and Private
are to remain closed until Monday 13th October, 2014 which
is the new school resumption date for all schools throughout
the Federation.
“This is to ensure that adequate preventive measures are
put in place before the students report back to school. All
State Ministries of Education are to immediately organize
and ensure that at least two (2) staff in each school, both
Public and Private, are trained by appropriate health
workers on how to handle any suspected case of Ebola and
also embark on immediate sensitization of all Teaching and
Non-Teaching Staff in all schools on preventive measures.
This training of staff must be concluded not later than 15th
September, 2014.”

Four-storey church building collapses in Abia

A four-storey building belonging to Behold He Cometh
Pentecostal Church located at Umuagu Umuahia, Abia State,
has collapsed following an early morning downpour on
Tuesday.No life was however lost as there were no workers
or worshipers at the site when the building
collapsed.According to an eyewitness account, the building
which was at its final stage of completion before the tragedy
collapsed around 10am after heavy rainfall that lasted for
hours.An elder in the church, Mr. Awom Samuel, told
journalists that cracks were noticed on the wall of the
building few days before the tragedy, and the attention of
the contractor was drawn to the development.He wondered
why the building which had cost the church so much
resources could just collapse like empty carton when the
contractor was provided with all he needed for the
building.When our correspondent got to the site, some
sympathisers were overheard blaming the contractor for
the collapse, alleging that the building had a structural
defect, while others said the land where the building was
sited used to be a hip of sand deposit caused by flood
waters.Meanwhile, when contacted, the Umuahia Capital
Development Authority, said it had commenced
investigations into the incident.A competent source which
pleaded not to be mentioned said the use of substandard
materials were suspected to have led to the disaster, but
assured that the real cause would be established after
investigations.The source said government would not fail to
apply adequate sanctions against anyone found responsible
for the tragedy.The incident has brought about fears that
fake building materials may have infiltrated the Abia
market.Just last week, the state’s Command of the Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence Corps, paraded seven suspects
arrested in a compound at Ugwunagbo suspected to be an
illegal cement factory.According to NSCDC, over 40,000 bags
and tons of empty sacs of different brands of cement
including Dangote X3, Eagle cement, Freedom cement, and
Ibeto cement were discovered in the compound .The prime
suspect, Samuel Nwokeneme, 62, had said the business was
established early this year by his late son who died in an
auto crash along Enugu- Port Harcourt expressway three
weeks ago.The suspect who was incoherent in his speech,
denied that they were into any illegal cement production,
saying they had to continue with the late son’s business to
keep the family going.Asked why they should have in their
custody a stockpile of empty new cement sacs of various
companies when they were not their registered agents, he
said “we are using them to work.”Another suspect,
Chibuzor, 27, initially claimed that he was only in a near-by
‘joint’ when he was arrested by men of the NSCDC, denying
any involvement in the illegal business, but later admitted
that he knew that illegal business was going on there.Asked
if he had tried to alert security agents of the presence of
such illegal factory in his vicinity, he mumbled “some times.”

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Thousands of Nigerians
admitted into United
Kingdom universities
appear sure to face
tough health screening
as their campuses have
been placed on the
alert for the danger posed by the Ebola Virus Disease.
According to The Independent on Sunday, the alert by
Universities UK, the umbrella body that represents vice-
chancellors, was issued because the universities are
expecting new students to arrive from West Africa.
While the three countries which have seen the largest
number of Ebola cases – Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone –
have hardly any students enrolling at UK universities,
Nigeria – which has also had confirmed cases – is the fourth
largest supplier of international students to UK universities.
In 2012-13, the latest year for which figures are available, a
total of 9,630 were enrolled.
A spokesman for the body said, “The issue is very much on
universities’ radars. We circulated to universities the publicly
available guidance on the topic.”
The guidance makes it clear that any student suspected of
having Ebola should immediately be isolated in a side room
away from any member of staff or student contact.
“The side room should have dedicated en-suite facilities or
at least a dedicated commode,” it says. “The level of staff
protection is dependent on the patient’s condition,” the
London-based newspaper newspaper said.
It added that “those having any dealings with the patient
must take careful hand hygiene precautions, wearing double
gloves and a disposable visor.
The guidance told university workers that, “evidence from
outbreaks strongly indicates that the main routes of
transmission of infection are direct contact (through broken
skin or mucous membrane) and indirect contact with
environments contaminated with splashes or droplets of
blood or body fluids.”
It said that experts “agree that there is no circumstantial or
epidemiological evidence of an aerosol transmission risk
from patients.”
29 Ebola patients flee as gunmen invade isolation ward
Fears has however heightened that the EVD might spread
further in the region after 29 patients fled when armed men
attacked their isolation ward in Monrovia, Liberia on Friday.
The incident happened as a Nigerian was tested for the
virus in Alicante, home to 82,000 Britons in Spain.
A witness was quoted by The Mailonline as saying that the
Liberian gunmen smashed down the doors of the ward and
looted medical supplies.
“They broke down the doors and looted the place. The
patients all fled,” said Rebecca Wesseh, who witnessed the
attack.
The Head of Health Workers Association of Liberian, George
Williams, confirmed the incident.
Armed men attacked an Ebola isolation ward in Liberia’s
capital city of Monrovia, as seen from the roof of an
abandoned hotel on Friday. A total of 29 patients fled the
ward in terror.
Nigerian tested in Spain, kept in isolation
The Mailonline also reported that the Nigerian was
tested after going to San Juan Hospital in Alicante with the
tell-tale signs of the EVD.
Officials of the hospital said the unnamed Nigerian, who is
in his 30s, was being kept in isolation until the results of the
tests were known.
The officials were said to have activated the Ebola protocol
after he complained of the flu-like symptoms associated
with the onset of the virus.
Paramedics wearing protective suits and masks transferred
him from Alicante General Hospital to nearby San Juan.
His condition on Sunday was described as “stable.”
FG to meet hospital owners , orders arrest of fake
hand sanitiser sellers
Meanwhile, the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu,
has said he will meet with leaders of the Association of
General Practitioners of Nigeria and the Guild of Medical
Directors of Nigeria over reports that some private hospitals
were refusing to treat patients suffering from malaria and
fever.
There were media reports (The PUNCH not included) last
week that such private hospitals were doing so because of
fear of contracting the Ebola Virus Disease.
Chukwu, in an interview with one of our correspondents in
Abuja, however attributed the action by such hospitals to
inadequate information on the nature and mode of spread
of the EVD , which claimed its first victim in Nigeria, Patrick
Sawyer, in a private hospital in Lagos.
The hospital lost its matron and a nurse who were among
health workers that handled Sawyer’s case to the disease.
Another nurse, who was also involved in the treatment of
the Liberian-American is currently being quarantined at the
Infectious Diseases Hospital in Yaba, Lagos after she tested
positive to the virus.
The doctor that attended to Sawyer on his arrival at the
private health facility, also contracted the virus but she
survived after 22 days in the IDH.
Chukwu said, “I am meeting with the leadership of the
Association of General Practitioners of Nigeria and the Guild
of Medical Directors of Nigeria, this week. The two bodies
control private practitioners.
“Part of the reason we want to meet with them is due to
reports that the private hospitals were turning back patients
suffering from fever and malaria for fear of contracting EVD
through them.”
He said with proper education, the country would be able to
contain the spread of the disease.
The minister, therefore, urged the media to confirm from
him, any rumoured case of Ebola anywhere in the country
before publishing.
Chukwu said, “The media should help the ministry to reduce
panic in the society over the issue of Ebola, what we need is
continuous education of our people. For instance, we have
clinical case definition, that is crosschecking cases through
laboratory testing.
“That was why, when we went to Abia State, we used the
laboratory test to convince everybody that the woman
suspected to have Ebola did not have it.
“But because a section of the media did not confirm the true
status of the woman from me or from the National Centre
for Disease Control, they escalated panic in Abia by
publishing that an Ebola case had been reported in the
state. That is the only reason why the woman’s blood was
taken for testing.”
On fake hand sanitisers and gloves allegedly being sold to
the public, he said the ministry had directed the National
Agency for Foods and Drugs Administration and Control to
begin investigation and bring all the culprits to book.
The minister said, “NAFDAC will continue to monitor but we
strongly believe that the fake versions of hand sanitisers are
being produced and sold by some people .
“NAFDAC will continue to do its job and we hope that very
soon, those perpetrating the crime will be arrested and
prosecuted.”
Chukwu also denied mentioning the name of the female
doctor who treated the late Liberian – American. The doctor
was discharged from the isolation ward on Saturday.
Chukwu, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media
and Communication, Mr. Dan Nwomeh, on Sunday, said he
did not refer to the doctor as Dr. Adedevor , as quoted in the
media.
The statement read in part, “It has been brought to the
attention of the minister that the first Nigerian to be
diagnosed of EVD, is being reported in some section of the
media to be one Dr. Adadevor.
“The minister wishes to clarify that the name of the patient is
not Dr. Adadevo. This should be noted. The minister’s
statement on Saturday while indicating that it was a female
doctor did not indicate the name of the patient.”
Sahara Reporters later quoted Chukwu as having said in a
statement that five EVD patients being treated at the IDH
had almost fully recovered.
He was said to have also confirmed that Nano Silver, an
experimental drug, had failed to meet the required
standards and therefore would not be used on Ebola
patients.

*18yr Old Boy Caught Sleeping with a Dog in Edo State*

18yr Old Boy Caught Sleeping with a Dog in Edo State

According to Vanguard Newspapers, it was with disbelief
that residents of Iguosa community in Ovia North East Local
Government Council of Edo State ran to an uncompleted
building in the area to see an 18-year-old boy, simply
identified as Ighodaro, making love to a dog.
Curiously, the dog was said to have enjoyed the sex
beforethe crowd stormed the scene. Ighodaro was in JSS 2
beforehe dropped out from school, due to the inability of
his poor parents to pay his school fees.
He learnt welding, but, while doing that, he became a lover
of dogs. He confessed to Sunday Vanguard that he has slept
with different dogs five times until this last episode. It was
learnt that a member of the community was passing by the
uncompleted building when he sighted the boy making love
to the dog and raised the alarm that attracted the villagers.
Mr George Ogbonmwa, owner of the dog, expressed shock
at the incident, explaining that when he saw the young man
with the dog, he did not know he had an ulterior motive. “I
thought he wanted to play with the dog only for him to end
up in an uncompleted building where he had canal
knowledge of the dog.
This is like another dream to me because I have not seen
this kind of thing in my life before”. Following what the
villagers described as an abomination, the Odionwere
(head)of the community, Elder Clifford Igiehon, was invited
to the scene and expressed shock over the incident which he
described as a taboo.
He said,”We have never seen this kind of thing beforein this
community. This is an abominable act and we don’t want
the suspect to come and corrupt other people here. What
he committed was a taboo. We will call the parents to come
and atone the gods but the boy will go on his own, because
we cannot kill him.
But we have killed the dog because that is the first thing to
do. And because we don’t want this kind of taboo to happen
again, we decided to hand the boy over to the police. This
kind of thing has never happened before, the boy has to
face the music. The parents will perform traditional rites, it
is going to cost about a hundred thousand Naira.
The boy knows what he is doing, he is not mad. We know
him from the beginning, he was in school before he went to
learn welding; may be the parents could not pay his school
fees. We were even shocked he said he has had sex with
dogs five times; that will tell you he knows what he is doing”.
The community leaders further used the opportunity to
appeal to the police: “Give us more policemen in our area
because a lot of evil things are happening now. Like what the
boy did is a taboo and they must cleanse the land with the
appropriate sacrifice. We need the police to be around us so
that these evil happenings will stop”.
The suspect, who spoke to Sunday Vanguard at the Edo State
Police Command Headquarters, Benin-City, said he did not
know what was wrong with him, admitting that he enjoyed
sex with five dogs while two bit him during the act. “I learnt
welding around Iheya. I don’t know when I slept with the
dog, I slept with dogs five times. Some of the dogs bit me, I
have been bitten two times and each time I have a dog bite
my grand father will treat me”, he said.
Asked about the tactics he deployed to attract the dogs,
Ighodaro stated: “When I call them, I will be rubbing their
head, petting them so that they will feel freewith me. I will
be playing with them and they will follow me. They will bark
at me some times, and when I notice that it is serious I will
leave them. Any one that is friendly with me, I take that one
to an uncompleted building and have sex”.
The suspect who was asked about his girl friend, said he
broke up with her last year and started making love to dogs
this year. His words: “ I had a girlfriend last year but we are
no longer together. I started sleeping with dogs this year
around March. I don’t know what is wrong with me.
None of my relations knows I sleep with dogs. In this
particular case, the dog is very familiar with me; so it was
easy to lure it away. While I was having sex with the dog, one
man saw me and ran to inform the Odionwere. They now
came to pick me and they asked the police to go and check
me and see if I have any disease. I don’t know what is wrong
with me”.
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EBOLA

Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly
known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a
severe, often fatal illness in humans.
EVD outbreaks have a case fatality rate
of up to 90%.
EVD outbreaks occur primarily in
remote villages in Central and West
Africa, near tropical rainforests.
The virus is transmitted to people from
wild animals and spreads in the human
population through human-to-human
transmission.
Fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family are
considered to be the natural host of the
Ebola virus.
Severely ill patients require intensive
supportive care. No licensed specific
treatment or vaccine is available for use
in people or animals.
Ebola first appeared in 1976 in 2
simultaneous outbreaks, in Nzara, Sudan,
and in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of
Congo. The latter was in a village situated
near the Ebola River, from which the
disease takes its name.
Genus Ebolavirus is 1 of 3 members of the
Filoviridae family (filovirus), along with
genus Marburgvirus and genus
Cuevavirus. Genus Ebolavirus comprises 5
distinct species:
1. Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV)
2. Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV)
3. Reston ebolavirus (RESTV)
4. Sudan ebolavirus (SUDV)
5. Taï Forest ebolavirus (TAFV).
BDBV, EBOV, and SUDV have been
associated with large EVD outbreaks in
Africa, whereas RESTV and TAFV have not.
The RESTV species, found in Philippines
and the People’s Republic of China, can
infect humans, but no illness or death in
humans from this species has been
reported to date.
Transmission
Ebola is introduced into the human
population through close contact with the
blood, secretions, organs or other bodily
fluids of infected animals. In Africa,
infection has been documented through
the handling of infected chimpanzees,
gorillas, fruit bats, monkeys, forest
antelope and porcupines found ill or dead
or in the rainforest.
Ebola then spreads in the community
through human-to-human transmission,
with infection resulting from direct contact
(through broken skin or mucous
membranes) with the blood, secretions,
organs or other bodily fluids of infected
people, and indirect contact with
environments contaminated with such
fluids. Burial ceremonies in which
mourners have direct contact with the
body of the deceased person can also
play a role in the transmission of Ebola.
Men who have recovered from the
disease can still transmit the virus through
their semen for up to 7 weeks after
recovery from illness.
Health-care workers have frequently been
infected while treating patients with
suspected or confirmed EVD. This has
occurred through close contact with
patients when infection control
precautions are not strictly practiced.
Among workers in contact with monkeys
or pigs infected with Reston ebolavirus,
several infections have been documented
in people who were clinically
asymptomatic. Thus, RESTV appears less
capable of causing disease in humans
than other Ebola species.
However, the only available evidence
available comes from healthy adult males.
It would be premature to extrapolate the
health effects of the virus to all population
groups, such as immuno-compromised
persons, persons with underlying medical
conditions, pregnant women and children.
More studies of RESTV are needed before
definitive conclusions can be drawn about
the pathogenicity and virulence of this
virus in humans.
Signs and symptoms
EVD is a severe acute viral illness often
characterized by the sudden onset of
fever, intense weakness, muscle pain,
headache and sore throat. This is followed
by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, impaired
kidney and liver function, and in some
cases, both internal and external
bleeding. Laboratory findings include low
white blood cell and platelet counts and
elevated liver enzymes.
People are infectious as long as their
blood and secretions contain the virus.
Ebola virus was isolated from semen 61
days after onset of illness in a man who
was infected in a laboratory.
The incubation period, that is, the time
interval from infection with the virus to
onset of symptoms, is 2 to 21 days.
Diagnosis
Other diseases that should be ruled out
before a diagnosis of EVD can be made
include: malaria, typhoid fever,
shigellosis, cholera, leptospirosis, plague,
rickettsiosis, relapsing fever, meningitis,
hepatitis and other viral haemorrhagic
fevers.
Ebola virus infections can be diagnosed
definitively in a laboratory through
several types of tests:
antibody-capture enzyme-linked
immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
antigen detection tests
serum neutralization test
reverse transcriptase polymerase chain
reaction (RT-PCR) assay
electron microscopy
virus isolation by cell culture.
Samples from patients are an extreme
biohazard risk; testing should be
conducted under maximum biological
containment conditions.
Vaccine and treatment
No licensed vaccine for EVD is available.
Several vaccines are being tested, but
none are available for clinical use.
Severely ill patients require intensive
supportive care. Patients are frequently
dehydrated and require oral rehydration
with solutions containing electrolytes or
intravenous fluids.
No specific treatment is available. New
drug therapies are being evaluated.
Natural host of Ebola virus
In Africa, fruit bats, particularly species of
the genera Hypsignathus monstrosus,
Epomops franqueti and Myonycteris
torquata, are considered possible natural
hosts for Ebola virus. As a result, the
geographic distribution of Ebolaviruses
may overlap with the range of the fruit
bats.
Ebola virus in animals
Although non-human primates have been
a source of infection for humans, they are
not thought to be the reservoir but rather
an accidental host like human beings.
Since 1994, Ebola outbreaks from the
EBOV and TAFV species have been
observed in chimpanzees and gorillas.
RESTV has caused severe EVD outbreaks
in macaque monkeys (Macaca fascicularis)
farmed in Philippines and detected in
monkeys imported into the USA in 1989,
1990 and 1996, and in monkeys imported
to Italy from Philippines in 1992.
Since 2008, RESTV viruses have been
detected during several outbreaks of a
deadly disease in pigs in People’s Republic
of China and Philippines. Asymptomatic
infection in pigs has been reported and
experimental inoculations have shown
that RESTV cannot cause disease in pigs.
Prevention and control
Controlling Reston ebolavirus in
domestic animals
No animal vaccine against RESTV is
available. Routine cleaning and
disinfection of pig or monkey farms (with
sodium hypochlorite or other detergents)
should be effective in inactivating the
virus.
If an outbreak is suspected, the premises
should be quarantined immediately.
Culling of infected animals, with close
supervision of burial or incineration of
carcasses, may be necessary to reduce the
risk of animal-to-human transmission.
Restricting or banning the movement of
animals from infected farms to other
areas can reduce the spread of the
disease.
As RESTV outbreaks in pigs and monkeys
have preceded human infections, the
establishment of an active animal health
surveillance system to detect new cases is
essential in providing early warning for
veterinary and human public health
authorities.
Reducing the risk of Ebola infection in
people
In the absence of effective treatment and
a human vaccine, raising awareness of the
risk factors for Ebola infection and the
protective measures individuals can take
is the only way to reduce human infection
and death.
In Africa, during EVD outbreaks,
educational public health messages for
risk reduction should focus on several
factors:
Reducing the risk of wildlife-to-human
transmission from contact with infected
fruit bats or monkeys/apes and the
consumption of their raw meat. Animals
should be handled with gloves and
other appropriate protective clothing.
Animal products (blood and meat)
should be thoroughly cooked before
consumption.
Reducing the risk of human-to-human
transmission in the community arising
from direct or close contact with
infected patients, particularly with their
bodily fluids. Close physical contact with
Ebola patients should be avoided.
Gloves and appropriate personal
protective equipment should be worn
when taking care of ill patients at home.
Regular hand washing is required after
visiting patients in hospital, as well as
after taking care of patients at home.
Communities affected by Ebola should
inform the population about the nature
of the disease and about outbreak
containment measures, including burial
of the dead. People who have died from
Ebola should be promptly and safely
buried.
Pig farms in Africa can play a role in the
amplification of infection because of the
presence of fruit bats on these farms.
Appropriate biosecurity measures should
be in place to limit transmission. For
RESTV, educational public health
messages should focus on reducing the
risk of pig-to-human transmission as a
result of unsafe animal husbandry and
slaughtering practices, and unsafe
consumption of fresh blood, raw milk or
animal tissue. Gloves and other
appropriate protective clothing should be
worn when handling sick animals or their
tissues and when slaughtering animals. In
regions where RESTV has been reported in
pigs, all animal products (blood, meat and
milk) should be thoroughly cooked before
eating.
Controlling infection in health-care
settings
Human-to-human transmission of the
Ebola virus is primarily associated with
direct or indirect contact with blood and
body fluids. Transmission to health-care
workers has been reported when
appropriate infection control measures
have not been observed.
It is not always possible to identify
patients with EBV early because initial
symptoms may be non-specific. For this
reason, it is important that health-care
workers apply standard precautions
consistently with all patients – regardless
of their diagnosis – in all work practices at
all times. These include basic hand
hygiene, respiratory hygiene, the use of
personal protective equipment (according
to the risk of splashes or other contact
with infected materials), safe injection
practices and safe burial practices.
Health-care workers caring for patients
with suspected or confirmed Ebola virus
should apply, in addition to standard
precautions, other infection control
measures to avoid any exposure to the
patient’s blood and body fluids and direct
unprotected contact with the possibly
contaminated environment. When in close
contact (within 1 metre) of patients with
EBV, health-care workers should wear
face protection (a face shield or a medical
mask and goggles), a clean, non-sterile
long-sleeved gown, and gloves (sterile
gloves for some procedures).
Laboratory workers are also at risk.
Samples taken from suspected human
and animal Ebola cases for diagnosis
should be handled by trained staff and
processed in suitably equipped
laboratories.
WHO response
WHO provides expertise and
documentation to support disease
investigation and control.
Recommendations for infection control
while providing care to patients with
suspected or confirmed Ebola
haemorrhagic fever are provided in:
Interim infection control
recommendations for care of patients
with suspected or confirmed Filovirus
(Ebola, Marburg) haemorrhagic fever ,
March 2008. This document is currently
being updated.
WHO has created an aide–memoire on
standard precautions in health care
(currently being updated). Standard
precautions are meant to reduce the risk
of transmission of bloodborne and other
pathogens. If universally applied, the
precautions would help prevent most
transmission through exposure to blood
and body fluids.
Standard precautions are recommended
in the care and treatment of all patients
regardless of their perceived or confirmed
infectious status. They include the basic
level of infection control—hand hygiene,
use of personal protective equipment to
avoid direct contact with blood and body
fluids, prevention of needle stick and
injuries from other sharp instruments,
and a set of environmental controls.
Table: Chronology of previous Ebola
virus disease outbreaks
Year Country Ebolavirus
species Cases
2012 Democratic
Republic of
Congo Bundibugyo 57
2012 Uganda Sudan 7
2012 Uganda Sudan 24
2011 Uganda Sudan 1
2008 Democratic
Republic of
Congo Zaire 32
2007 Uganda Bundibugyo 149
2007 Democratic
Republic of
Congo Zaire 264
2005 Congo Zaire 12
2004 Sudan Sudan 17
2003
(Nov-Dec)
Congo Zaire 35
2003 (Jan-
Apr)
Congo Zaire 143
2001-2002 Congo Zaire 59
2001-2002 Gabon Zaire 65
2000 Uganda Sudan 425
1996 South
Africa (ex-
Gabon) Zaire 1
1996 (Jul-
Dec)
Gabon Zaire 60
1996 (Jan-
Apr)
Gabon Zaire 31
1995 Democratic
Republic of
Congo Zaire 315
1994 Cote
d'Ivoire Taï Forest 1
1994 Gabon Zaire 52
1979 Sudan Sudan 34
1977 Democratic
Republic of
Congo Zaire 1
1976 Sudan Sudan 284
1976 Democratic
Republic of
Congo Zaire 318
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