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Congo and the chocolate factory - New producer hits the sweet spot
For decades, eastern Congo’s underground riches such as gold and coltan have sustained cycles of deadly violence in the area.
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Congo health authorities stumble with first coronavirus case confusion
The confusion surrounding Congo's first coronavirus case was a misstep by a government that has worked hard to combat misinformation during the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo.
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DR Congo army says ADF rebels killed 30 soldiers
They suffered the losses during the latest offensive Thursday against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), in North Kivu province, Major Mak Hazukai told journalists Saturday.
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Congo appeals for help after 150,000 hit by floods
President Denis Sassou Nguesso said he was making an 'urgent appeal to the international community' to help provide 'an effective response to the humanitarian situation which has arisen.'
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10 dead in latest massacre in eastern DR Congo
Ten civilians were killed in the village of Kamango, a day after 22 were murdered in Ntombi, Donat Kibuana, administrator for the territory of Beni, told AFP on Monday.
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Death toll rises to 29 after plane crashes into homes in DR Congo city
A survivor among the 19 people - 17 passengers and two crew members - who were aboard the plane was taken to hospital along with 16 others injured on the ground, the North Kivu regional government said.
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Congo president says Ebola outbreak should be over this year
The epidemic in Congo was declared in August 2018 and has so far killed nearly 2,200 people, making it the second-worst outbreak of the virus on record behind the 2013-16 West African outbreak that killed more than 11,300.
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Congolese 'Terminator' warlord to be sentenced at ICC
Ntaganda faces life in prison for a litany of crimes including directing massacres of civilians in Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile, mineral-rich Ituri region in 2002 and 2003.
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Four Burundian journalists charged with undermining state security
The journalists from domestic news website Iwacu and their driver had travelled to report on violence in the northwestern province of Bubanza when they were arrested on Tuesday
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Congo to start using J&J Ebola vaccine in November
The J&J vaccine will complement another vaccine manufactured by Merck, which has been administered to more than 225,000 people.
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DR Congo ex-health minister arrested for 'embezzling Ebola funds' - police
Ilunga, who resigned as health minister in July after being removed as head of the country's Ebola response team, was detained while hiding in an apartment in the capital Kinshasa ahead of a bid to flee the country, officers said.
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DRC ex-health minister questioned over use of Ebola funds
The former minister's evidence was heard by the attorney general and "trusts in the justice system of his country," lawyer Guy Kabeya told AFP.
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Ebola spreads 200km west to remote, militia-run Congo town
Walikale lies about 200 km (125 miles) west of Goma, one of the towns affected by the Ebola epidemic, and much further away from the epicentre of the epidemic in Butembo and Beni.
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DR Congo authorities ban Kinshasa rallies over tensions
Tshisekedi was elected in December to replace Kabila who presided over sub-Saharan Africa's biggest country for nearly two decades.
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MSF urges DRC Ebola 'reality check', more vaccinations
Joanne Liu, the international president of the medical charity known by its French acronym MSF, told AFP that health officials needed a "reality check" in their response to the outbreak.
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Congolese 'Terminator' faces war crimes judgment
Bosco Ntaganda, 45, is accused of overseeing the slaughter of civilians by his soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile, mineral-rich Ituri region in 2002 and 2003.
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Death toll rises at Glencore mine in Congo after collapse
The death toll was originally estimated at 36 but rose to 43 on Friday as more bodies were uncovered.
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Opposition leader urges people power to oust DRC president
Citing popular uprisings in Algeria and Sudan, he told a meeting of several thousand supporters in Kinshasa the Congolese could achieve the same thing.
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China's vast investment in Africa hits a snag in Congo
When the plunge of global oil prices in 2014 blew a hole in the Congolese government's finances, it was China that stepped in to help.
