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Malaria death toll to exceed COVID-19's in sub-Saharan Africa: WHO
LONDON (Reuters) - Deaths from malaria due to disruptions during the coronavirus pandemic to services designed to tackle the mosquito-borne disease will far exceed those killed by COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization warned on Monday.
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Tigray forces claim to have shot down Ethiopian plane, taken town
ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Rebellious forces from Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray said they had shot down a military plane and retaken a town from federal forces on Sunday, as war dragged on a day after the government announced its military offensive was over.
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UPDATE 6-Tigray forces claim to have shot down Ethiopian plane, taken town
ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI Nov 29 (Reuters) - Rebellious forces from Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray said they had shot down a military plane and retaken a town from federal forces on Sunday, as war dragged on a day after the government announced its military offensive was over.
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Tigrayan forces say they have retaken Ethiopian town of Axum from military
ADDIS ABABA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The leader of rebellious forces from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region said on Sunday in a text message to Reuters that his fighters had retaken the town of Axum from the federal military.
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Ethiopian state TV says 70 graves found town of Humera in Tigray region after conflict
ADDIS ABABA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Ethiopian state TV (ETV) said on Sunday that 70 graves, some individual and some mass, were found in the town of Humera in the restive Tigray region, the day after the government said its military operations were complete there.
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UPDATE 1-Nigeria buries 43 farmers killed by militants, dozens missing
ZABARMARI, Nigeria, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Villagers in northeast Nigeria's Borno state on Sunday buried 43 farmers killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants while security forces searched for dozens still missing.
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Leader of Tigray forces says they shot down Ethiopian military plane
NAIROBI, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The leader of the rebellious forces in Ethiopia's Tigray region told Reuters in a text message that his forces had shot down an Ethiopian military plane on Sunday and captured the pilot, a day after the government announced its military operation in the region was over.
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UPDATE 2-Islamic State says it launched rocket attack on northern Iraq oil refinery
TIKRIT, Iraq, Nov 29 (Reuters) - A rocket hit a small oil refinery in northern Iraq on Sunday, causing a fire at a fuel storage tank and forcing a complete shutdown of operations after the blaze spread to a nearby pipeline network, two refinery officials said.
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Rocket hits small oil refinery in Iraq's north, no casualties -officials
TIKRIT, IRAQ - Nov 29 (Reuters) - A rocket hit a small oil refinery in northern Iraq on Sunday, causing fire and minor damage, two refinery officials said.
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International Red Cross says hospitals in Ethiopian city of Mekelle low on supplies to treat wounded
NAIROBI, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Sunday that hospitals in Mekelle, capital of the Ethiopian region of Tigray, are running low on supplies to care for the wounded, a day after the government announced military operations were complete in the region.
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