All posts tagged "Congo"
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559HealthAfrican Union criticised for ignoring Ebola crisis in DRC
KAMPALA – Civil society organizations under their coalition for public health have condemned the union for being silent on the Ebola crisis...
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328NEWSAfDB’s initiative for women entrepreneurs gets $61.8m boost
AFRICA – The Governing Committee of the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) has approved a funding allocation of $61.8 million for the...
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554NEWSDRC forces arrest two suspected kidnappers of US tourist
KAMPALA – Security agencies in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have arrested two men suspected to have planned the kidnap of a...
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336NEWSAttacks in Congo push tens of thousands to flee – UNHCR
KINSHASHA – Insecurity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu province led to more than 100,000 people fleeing their homes...
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642HealthDRC: A surge in infections! Ebola death toll hit 700 its tenth outbreak
BUTEMBO, DRC – Some 100 people have died in the Ebola epidemic in DR Congo over the past three weeks, taking the...
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476NEWSCONGO: Tshisekedi, a new face of ‘an extraordinary opportunity’ for advancing rights in DRC – UN Envoy
GENEVA, Switzerland – The election of President Felix Tshisekedi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), marks “an extraordinary opportunity” for...
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396NEWSDR CONGO: Tshisekedi pardons about 700 political prisoners
KINSHASHA – The newly elected Democratic Republic of Congo president, Felix Tshisekedi, on Wednesday 13, signed a decree pardoning about 700 political...
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621HealthDR. CONGO: Fight against Ebola being lost as locals trust doctors no more – MSF
KINSHASHA – The battle against Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo is failing because ordinary people no longer trust health workers and...
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543HealthHealth experts want Congo’s Ebola outbreak declared International public health emergency
DAKAR, Senegal – An international group of public health experts on Monday called on the World Health Organization to convene an emergency...
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760NEWSNobel laureate Mukwege welcomed back home in DR Congo
KINSHASHA- Thousands of people in DR Congo turned out to welcome a Congolese gynecologist and Pentecostal pastor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Denis...
