JUBA Nike Air Force 270 Men's Purple Black Sale , June 24 (Xinhua) -- South Sudan has canceled Independence Day celebrations for the second year running as it struggles to end a devastating civil war and economic crunch.
Information Minister, Michael Makuei announced late Friday that this year's July 9 Independence Day party has been cancelled and the event would instead be observed as a public holiday.
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Makuei said the celebration may turn costly for the government to handle and that the money meant for the event would be diverted to repatriate internally displaced people to their homes.
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The east African nation is currently struggling with hyper inflation amid shortage of foreign reserves to support imports.
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NEW DELHI, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Heavy overnight monsoon rains brought India's financial capital Mumbai to a grinding halt Tuesday.
Waterlogging has been reported from large parts of the city and its adjoining areas, including Hindmata area in suburban Dadar nike sf af1 mid sale , Sion, Matunga, and some parts in Andheri nike air force 1 just do it sale , resulting in disruption of rail and road traffic since Tuesday morning.
Local passenger trains are running at least 20 minutes late, while several commuters are stranded on Harbour and Central lines.
Local TV channels showed footage of vehicle and people wading through inundated road in various parts of the city and reported that incessant rains uprooted trees at over 20 places though there has been no loss of lives.
Civic officials have warned of flash floods in low-lying areas of the city as a high tide is expected Tuesday afternoon.
"The disaster management team is keeping a tab on the situation," Mumbai's Deputy Municipal Commissioner Sudhir Naik told the media.
The weather department has also warned of heavy rains in the next 48 hours.
"More showers are expected in the next two days. However nike air force 270 mens sale , the weather is likely to become better during the weekend," said a senior official of the Indian Meterological Department.
The annual monsoon often causes a complete breakdown of infrastructure and transport services in Mumbai.
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RABAT, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Morocco on Saturday called the African Football Confederation (CAF) once again to postpone the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations to be held in the North African country next January because of Ebola epidemic.
A statment of the Moroccan sports ministry didn't answer an ultimatum from the CAF to end this Saturday calling on Morocco to say whether it would still host the tournament from January 17 to February 8.
The statment said "this decision was dictated by serious helth risks linked to the epidemic of Ebola" and called for a postponement from 2015 to 2016.
CAF rejected on Monday to postpone the dates of the 2005 African Nations Cup.
Moroccan authorities have to confirm whether they will go ahead with hosting next year's African Nations Cup till the end of this week, CAF's boss Issa Hayatou said during a meeting on Monday with Moroccan Premier Abdelilah Benkirane and members of the local football confederation.
BAKU, May 6, 2016(Xinhua) -- Lukas Malicsek (L) of Austria vies with Stefan Kovac of Bosnia-Herzegovina during the European U17 Championship preliminary match between Austria and Bosnia-Herzegovina in Baku, Azerbaijan, on May 5, 2016. Austria won 2-0. (XinhuaTofik Babayev)
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