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CLEAN : STOCKSHOTS: French government announces end of West Africa's CFA franc
The French government has officially approved the end of West Africa's CFA franc (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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WRAP Arrivals for banquet; French, Spanish, Portuguese, Senegalese comments
1. Wide of Palacio da Ajuda in Lisbon
2. Wide of Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan shaking hands with the President of Portugal Anibal Cavaco Silva and Prime Minister Jose Socrates
3. Various of German Chancellor Angela...
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Forum to discuss strengthening SKorea-Africa cooperation
1. Wide pan of talks
2. Close of South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan
3. Close of AU ministers
4. Close of African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Jean Ping
5. Close of participants
6. Wide pan of photo op
7. Tilt up of Yu...
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The Art of Making Balafons: A Musical Tradition from Ivory Coast to Paris
This video explores the traditional art of making the balafon, a West African musical instrument with deep cultural significance. It follows the craftsmanship of Icongo, a village chief in Ivory Coast, as he meticulously creates these...
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CLEAN : British Library celebrates West African storytelling
CLEAN : British Library celebrates West African storytelling
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Assistant minister of health on the arrival of ZMapp drug
Liberia has received its first doses of the drug Z-Mapp, which is to be administered to two Liberian doctors who are affected by the deadly Ebola Virus.
The experimental drug was brought to Liberia on board a flight from the US, carried...
Bloomberg
This Ancient African Plant May Be a Cure for Addiction
Jan.27 -- The Iboga plant has been used for tribal rituals in West Africa for millennia. While the highly toxic root causes days-long hallucinations, it may also be the answer to a problem plaguing modern society. Today, Iboga and its...
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Pope In South Africa, Rwanda - Massacre At Refugee Camp, Israel - Rabin Assassination, Nigeria - Execution Of Ken Saro-Wiwa, Ivory Trade
Pope In South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa
Pope emerging from plane
Pope being presented with a basket of earth by children,
kissing it and blessing the children
CU of Pope turning to greet Mandela, two shake hands
Rwanda - Massacre...
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US Consul General: US business cannot ignore Nigeria's consumers
America and its businesses should increase their focus on Nigeria's large consumer population, the US consul general in Lagos said on Monday.
Speaking at the US consulate, F. John Bray said that Nigerians "are not just...
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NIGERIA: OIL PIPELINE LEAK: DEATHS LATEST (V)
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It is now thought that as many as 60 people were killed in Nigeria when oil leaking from a pipeline near the Lagos port of Apapa caught fire.
The fire also destroyed shacks in nearby squatter...
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While on a trip to New Mexico, Dr. Toby Merlin of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says people in the United States will not be safe until the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is under control. (Oct. 9)
An official with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the key to saving thousands of lives in the battle against Ebola will be stemming the spread of the deadly virus to those in West Africa who are uninfected.
Dr....
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Health workers in protective clothes remove body of Ebola victim from house
Liberian authorities in Monrovia collected the body of a woman on Sunday who died after being infected with the Ebola virus.
Health workers removed the dead body in a plastic bag and sprayed behind them as they left the house.
The...
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CLEAN : Benin welcomes Hollywood's depiction of its 'Amazon' women warriors
Benin's historic female warriors known as the Amazones of Dahomey are legendary across West Africa, but a Hollywood production is now putting them again in the limelight (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Children call on Obama and Sarkozy to honour commitments
1. Mid shot of parade with two giant puppets of US President-elect Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy
2. Rear view of parade
3. Cutaway of security
4. Various of parade
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Suwaidou ( from Gambia - no...
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Health minister declares pilgrimage free of contagious diseases
Saudi Arabia on Monday declared the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca free from contagious diseases, after the country deployed thousands of health workers to protect pilgrims from the deadly Ebola virus and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome,...
Bloomberg
Is the U.S. Government Ready for an Ebola Outbreak?
Sept. 24 -- Bloomberg's Brendan Greeley discusses Ebola and how unprepared the U.S. government is for a potential outbreak. He speaks on Market Makers. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Chief of US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention chief visits MSF centre in Guinea
The Director of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Tom Frieden, along with other CDC doctors, visited an Ebola isolation centre in Conakry, New Guinea.
Frieden said the way to eliminate the disease was to "support...
Bloomberg
Obama: Fighting Ebola Top National Priority
Oct. 7 -- Bloomberg Money Clip Host Adam Johnson updates the latest news on the spread of the Ebola virus. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Scientists in Texas are studying the Ebola virus, which has killed more than 670 people across West Africa this year. Right now, the disease has no vaccine and no specific treatment, with a fatality rate of at least 60 percent. (July 30)
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Scientists in Texas are studying the Ebola virus, which has killed more than 670 people across West Africa this year.
Right now, the disease has no vaccine and no specific treatment, with a...
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CLEAN : Guineas hospitality industry under pressure from Ebola fallout
CLEAN : Guineas hospitality industry under pressure from Ebola fallout
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At least 2 killed in protest over dissolution of govt
1. Wide of police holding guns
2. Mid of burning tyres
3. Wide of protesters watching burning tyres
4. Close up of demonstrators shouting (French) "We don''t care"
5. Mid of demonstrators throwing stones and shouting
6. Wide of police,...
Bloomberg
Ebola Virus Panic for Travelers Absolutely Wrong: Lawless
Oct. 2 -- Gerald Lawless, president and Chief Executive Officer at Jumeriah Group, talks with Matt Miller about fallout for the travel industry from the spread of the Ebola virus and discusses the budding hotel scene in Dubai. He speaks...
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Doctor at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention comments on Liberia's Ebola outbreak
A physician for the US Agency the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that the Ebola outbreak in Liberia is "uncontrolled, but it is controllable."
Kevin De Cock described the outbreak in West Africa as one of...
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Epidemic affects businesses in capital, including pharmacy
The Ebola virus that has killed more than 3000 people across large swathes of West Africa is now threatening entire economies, including Guinea, where millions of dollars are being put aside to help businesses.
On Saturday, the country's...