Tag: #Congo
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Congo: Suicide Bombing at a restaurant leaves 6 dead
Democratic Republic of Congo: According to officials, at least six people have died in a suicide bomb attack on a crowded restaurant in the eastern city of Beni. Police prevented the bomber from entering the building, but he blew himself up at the entrance killing himself and five other people. Another 13 people were injured.…
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Congo’s Sassou Nguesso re-elected with 88.57% of vote
The Republic of Congo’s veteran president, Denis Sassou Nguesso, has been re-elected with 88.57 percent of the vote
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Congo’s Sassou Nguesso re-elected with 88.57% of vote
Brazzaville, (23rd March, 2021, 11:10 pm) (AFP/APP):The Republic of Congo’s veteran president, Denis Sassou Nguesso, has been re-elected with 88.57 percent of the vote, according to provisional results released Tuesday. Sassou Nguesso, 77, has been in power for an accumulated 36 years, first taking the helm of the central African state in 1979. His…
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Internet Blackout as Congo Votes, with Sassou Nguesso Set to Win
There is an internet blackout as Congo votes in an election that Sassou Nguesso is set to win.
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Widow of Slain Italian Ambassador Says he was ‘Betrayed’
The widow of the slain Italian Ambassador says he was betrayed.
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Hutu rebels accuse DRC, Rwanda over Italian ambassador’s death
Rwandan Hutu denied accusations they were behind the killing of the Italian ambassador to the DR Congo and instead blamed the armies of the DRC and Rwanda
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DR Congo Starts Ebola Vaccination after New Outbreak
DR Congo has started an ebola vaccination after a new outbreak.
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It’s been more than 16 years since Debora Kayembe fled her home
Edinburgh, Feb 14 (AFP/APP): It’s been more than 16 years since Debora Kayembe fled her home in the Democratic Republic of Congo after learning that a gun-running militia group that she had helped to expose wanted to kill her. Since then, Kayembe sought asylum in Britain, started a family and settled in Edinburgh, where she…
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DR Congo Announces ‘Resurgence’ of Ebola
DR Congo has announced the ‘resurgence’ of Ebola.
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Children Killed in Congo While Playing with a Bomb
Bunia, DR Congo, Dec 30 (AFP/APP): Four Congolese children were killed when a grenade they were playing with exploded, a local official said Wednesday in Ituri, a province in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The accident occurred Tuesday in the village of Tsoro, in Ituri’s Djugu territory, said local administrator Adel Alingi.…