Tag: DR Congo
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Veteran leader Sassou Nguesso the favourite as Congo heads into polls
The Republic of Congo on Sunday headed into a presidential election boycotted by the main opposition
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DR Congo sentences 16 to death for 2019 killing of Ebola medic
Butembo, DR Congo, March 9 (AFP/APP):Sixteen people, including a doctor, have been sentenced to death in absentia for the murder of a Cameroonian Ebola expert, lawyers said on Tuesday. Richard Valery Mouzoko Kiboung, an epidemiologist employed by the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO), was gunned down in April 2019 at a work meeting at a…
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Egypt and Sudan back DR Congo to mediate Nile dam deadlock
Cairo, March 2 (AFP/APP):Egypt and Sudan proposed Tuesday that current African Union chair Democratic Republic of Congo should lead efforts to restart talks over Ethiopia’s Blue Nile mega-dam, a foreign ministry statement said. The move comes after DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi started his one-year term as AU chair last month, replacing South African President…
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UK aid charities warn of famine as Covid hits poorer nations
A coalition of UK aid agencies warned that the Covid-19 pandemic is worsening the “dire humanitarian” crisis in fragile states
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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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11 dead as rebels attack military sites in DRCongo city
Lubumbashi, DR Congo, Feb 14 (AFP/APP):Eleven people were killed after separatist insurgents attacked two military camps in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s main mining centre of Lubumbashi Sunday, the city’s mayor said. Four members of the security forces and one civilian died along with six of the insurgents, Lubumbashi Mayor Ghislain Robert Lubaba Buluma told…