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Search continues for missing after DRC boat capsizing kills at least 25
6 days, 1 hour ago

Search continues for missing after DRC boat capsizing kills at least 25

Al Jazeera  

Dozens of people are missing after an overcrowded boat capsized in central DRC on Fimi river. An overcrowded boat has capsized on a river in the central Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing at least 25 people, including children, and leaving dozens missing, according to officials and residents. “There was overloading at roof level and, as far as the lifeless …

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Mysterious disease in DRC is severe malaria, health authorities say
1 week ago

Mysterious disease in DRC is severe malaria, health authorities say

Al Jazeera  

Health authorities said the disease presents in the form of a respiratory illness. Health authorities on Tuesday said the disease, circulating in the southwestern Kwango province, presents in the form of a respiratory illness. Earlier this month, local authorities said the disease had killed 143 people in the country’s Panzi health zone in November, as fears surmounted about the mysterious …

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Fears in DRC as mystery disease kills dozens, mainly children
1 week, 4 days ago

Fears in DRC as mystery disease kills dozens, mainly children

Al Jazeera  

More than 500 cases of an unknown illness have emerged in rural and remote Panzi in western Democratic Republic of the Congo. Forty-year-old Denise Kabeya lives in the Panzi area in DRC’s western Kwango province – where health authorities say most cases of the unknown disease have emerged since October. Between October 24 and December 11, there were 514 cases …

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'Mystery disease' victims in Congo have malaria, could be sick with multiple diseases: WHO
1 week, 5 days ago

'Mystery disease' victims in Congo have malaria, could be sick with multiple diseases: WHO

Firstpost  

Since late October, a ‘mystery disease’ has infected more than 400 and killed dozens in a rural southern province of Africa’s Democratic Republic of Congo A Congolese nurse takes a sample from a suspected mpox patient in the treatment centre at the Kavumu hospital in Kabare territory, South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, August 29, 2024. REUTERS …

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How worried should we be about Disease X?
2 weeks, 5 days ago

How worried should we be about Disease X?

NPR  

How worried should we be about Disease X? "At the Emergency Operation Center for Public Health and at the INSP — which is in maximum alert mode — we've already positioned central-level teams who will leave within 24 hours to join the health zone," says Dr. Dieudonné Mwamba, the director general of INSP, who spoke in French at a press …

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Andhra Pradesh: Minister Chairs NTR DRC Meet, Focuses on Public Issues
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Andhra Pradesh: Minister Chairs NTR DRC Meet, Focuses on Public Issues

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: NTR district in-charge minister and health minister Y. Satya Kumar Yadav said the District Review Committee meeting discussed several public issues and reiterated the NDA alliance state government’s priority to improve the living standards of people in the district. Satya Kumar Yadav chaired the DRC meeting at the Farmers' Training Centre Hall, located on the premises of the irrigation …

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DR Congo no longer expects to receive mpox vaccines this week
3 months, 4 weeks ago

DR Congo no longer expects to receive mpox vaccines this week

Al Jazeera  

DRC had hoped to receive a first round of vaccine deliveries this week as virus spreads. The Democratic Republic of the Congo says it no longer expects to receive its first delivery of mpox vaccines this week as global health authorities say the spread of the disease can still be contained. “The mpox outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the …

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Rebel attack in western Burundi kills at least 20
1 year ago

Rebel attack in western Burundi kills at least 20

Al Jazeera  

It is the second attack in two weeks by the RED-Tabara rebels, who have been largely inactive inside Burundi since 2021. The RED-Tabara rebel group, which has been battling Burundi’s government from bases in the eastern DRC since 2015, claimed on the social media platform X to have killed nine soldiers and one police officer. Witnesses who spoke to the …

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UN Security Council agrees to early withdrawal of DR Congo peacekeepers
1 year ago

UN Security Council agrees to early withdrawal of DR Congo peacekeepers

Al Jazeera  

Congolese authorities have long accused UN forces of failing to protect civilians from armed groups in the eastern DRC. The 15-member body voted on Tuesday to draw down peacekeeping forces in the Central African nation about a year earlier than originally scheduled despite continued concerns over violence. Numerous armed groups, including the ​​Allied Democratic Forces and M23, are active in …

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One peacekeeper killed in DRC after UN chopper comes under fire
1 year, 10 months ago

One peacekeeper killed in DRC after UN chopper comes under fire

Al Jazeera  

Sunday’s incident comes a day after leaders of the East African Community held a summit on the DRC crisis, in Burundi. A United Nations peacekeeper has been killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo when a helicopter operated by the peacekeeping force came under fire midair on Sunday, the UN mission called MONUSCO said. Eight peacekeepers were killed …

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Early voter registration in DRC marred by kit shortages
1 year, 11 months ago

Early voter registration in DRC marred by kit shortages

Al Jazeera  

The elections are scheduled for December 2023, despite spiralling insecurity in the east, spearheaded by the M23 rebels. Almost 50 million people across the vast Central African nation’s 26 provinces are expected to register to vote over the next three months.nHowever, registration opened in the first 10 provinces on Saturday morning to long lines and undersupplied stations. They should have …

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M23 rebels killed at least 131 civilians in eastern DRC, UN says
2 years ago

M23 rebels killed at least 131 civilians in eastern DRC, UN says

Al Jazeera  

Victims were ‘arbitrarily executed’ during a massacre in two villages in North Kivu in late November, a preliminary investigation has found. M23 rebels killed at least 131 civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo late last month as part of a campaign of murder, rape, kidnapping and looting, the United Nations has said. In a preliminary investigation released on …

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Thousands displaced as M23 rebels near key DRC city of Goma
2 years, 1 month ago

Thousands displaced as M23 rebels near key DRC city of Goma

Al Jazeera  

Fighting between the M23 and the DRC army has led to a looming humanitarian crisis as thousands have been displaced in the country’s volatile east. Thousands of people have been displaced in the volatile eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as fighting between the army and M23 rebels moved close to the key city of Goma, an …

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US asks DRC to pull oil blocks from auction to protect forests
2 years, 2 months ago

US asks DRC to pull oil blocks from auction to protect forests

Al Jazeera  

Authorities in the central African nation launched bids for 30 oil and gas blocks in July. United States climate envoy John Kerry on Tuesday said Washington had asked the Democratic Republic of Congo to abandon some oil blocks that it put up for auction in sensitive environmental areas. Speaking to reporters at the pre-COP27 climate talks in Kinshasa, Kerry said …

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Belgium hands over DR Congo independence hero’s tooth to family
2 years, 6 months ago

Belgium hands over DR Congo independence hero’s tooth to family

Al Jazeera  

Patrice Lumumba was the first democratically elected prime minister of the DRC after independence from Belgium in 1960. Belgian authorities have handed over a tooth, the only known remains of the murdered Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba, to his family during a ceremony in Brussels. Lumumba became the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s first democratically elected prime minister after independence …

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Rwanda says soldiers kidnapped by rebels in DR Congo
2 years, 6 months ago

Rwanda says soldiers kidnapped by rebels in DR Congo

Al Jazeera  

Kigali says two soldiers held captive by FDLR rebels, accuses Kinshasa of backing the armed group. Rwanda on Saturday said two of its soldiers were being held captive by rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Rwandan government authorities of backing the group responsible. Rwanda Defence Force said two of its troops were kidnapped on patrol and were being …

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Suspected ADF attacks kill 16 people in eastern DR Congo
3 years ago

Suspected ADF attacks kill 16 people in eastern DR Congo

Al Jazeera  

Violence follows launch of joint military operations against the armed group by the DRC and Uganda. Suspected fighters of the Allied Democratic Forces have killed 16 people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, in attacks that took place as a joint operation by Congolese and Ugandan forces against the armed group is currently under way. Local officials said on …

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After air raids, Uganda sends troops into DRC to hunt ADF
3 years ago

After air raids, Uganda sends troops into DRC to hunt ADF

Al Jazeera  

The neighbouring countries have launched a joint operation against the armed group which they accuse of massacring civilians. DRC army spokesman Leon-Richard Kasonga said in a statement that “for the time being, Congolese special forces supported by Ugandan special units will carry out search and control operations to clear and secure ADF positions affected by this morning’s strikes.” “This part …

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Belgium's Africa Museum begins long road to return looted artworks to Congo
3 years, 5 months ago

Belgium's Africa Museum begins long road to return looted artworks to Congo

Hindustan Times  

Belgium's Africa Museum, once a celebration of the country's colonial rule, will begin a multi-year process of returning stolen art to Democratic Republic of Congo, the Belgian government said on Tuesday. An ancestral statue known as Lusinga, dated to the 19th century, is pictured at the Royal Museum for Central Africa as the Belgian government has announced plans to return …

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