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DR Congo to launch COVID vaccination drive
People will start receiving shots across the vast central African country from Monday, Interior Minister Gilbert Kankonde said on state television.
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Violence in DR Congo's Goma kills 10, protests banned: official
Governor Charly Nzanzu Kasivita also signed orders banning 'all public protests' in the province and closing off a commune in Goma and a neighbouring territory.
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DR Congo's Tshisekedi pitches for 'massive' Qatar investment
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has vast mineral wealth and agricultural potential, and a market of some 86 million people.
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Republic of Congo opposition candidate Kolelas dies of COVID-19
The sixty-year-old tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday afternoon, and was unable to host his last campaign meeting in Brazzaville.
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At least 25 people killed in eastern DR Congo accident
The accident occurred in the early evening on a section of steep road, he said, adding those injured had been taken to hospital.
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Protests in eastern DR Congo cities over militia killings
Beni, Oicha and Butembo in North Kivu province were virtually paralysed in response to protests called by an organisation called Veranda Mutchanga, they said.
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DRC postpones AstraZeneca vaccine rollout
The Democratic Republic of Congo had received 1.7 million doses of the vaccine against Covid-19 made by Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca and was due to start its campaign on March 15.
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Pressure on African giants Ahly after surprise loss
An away loss to surprise Group A pacesetters Simba of Tanzania has left the Cairo Red Devils third in the standings, two rounds into the mini-league phase of the marquee African club competition.
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Rome holds funeral for Italian ambassador killed in DR Congo
Luca Attanasio, 43, died after being shot on Monday after unidentified assailants ambushed a two-vehicle convoy from the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) in which he was travelling.
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Italy seeks UN probe into DRC envoy's killing
The envoy, Luca Attanasio, 43, died on Monday after a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy was ambushed in a dangerous part of the eastern DRC near the border with Rwanda.
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Italy confirms death of its ambassador to DR Congo
'It is with deep sadness that the Foreign Ministry confirms the death, today in Goma, of the Italian ambassador,' the ministry said, adding that an Italian policeman also died.
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Millions of children at risk in DR Congo violence: UN
According to UN figures, 5.2 million people in the DRC have been forced from their homes because of conflict -- 'more than in any country except Syria,' UNICEF said.
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Over 2,000 civilians killed in eastern DR Congo in 2020: UN
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said sites for forcibly displaced people in North Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo had been coming under assault.
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DR Congo starts Ebola vaccination after new outbreak
The WHO's office in the Democratic Republic of Congo said four people in Biene had been vaccinated and 334 other contacts would also receive the jab.
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Second Ebola death in DR Congo: WHO
Since the West African Ebola crisis of 2013-16 - which left 11,300 dead across the region - the WHO has eyed each new outbreak with great concern, treating the most recent Congolese epidemic as an international health emergency.
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Congo bishops fear presidential vote won't be free and fair
The March 21 ballot in the Republic of Congo, also called Congo-Brazzaville, will see incumbent President Denis Sassou Nguesso bid for a fourth term to extend 36 total years in power.
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DR Congo prime minister resigns after censure: Presidency
Presidency spokesman Giscard Kusema told AFP that Illunga "said he had drawn the consequences of the developing political situation."
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DR Congo parliament debates move on govt resignation
The political scene in sub-Saharan Africa's biggest country has been roiled by a months-long struggle between Felix Tshisekedi and Joseph Kabila supporters.
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DRC Parliament backs Tshisekedi against predecessor Kabila
Although Tshisekedi won the presidency in December 2018 elections, he had been governing in coalition with Kabila's camp which held on to a parliamentary majority at the same time.
