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SA soldiers return from the front lines
As soldiers return from the Democratic Republic of Congo after a year deployed abroad, often engaged in firefights with enemy combatants, and sharing some of their stories with EWN, new troops get ready to ship out.
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At least 161 dead in northeast Congo in apparent ethnic clashes
Pascal Kakoraki Baguma, a national lawmaker from Ituri, said the latest violence was sparked by the killing last Monday of four Lendu businesspeople.
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Five-year-old boy dies from Ebola in Uganda - health official
A five-year-old Congolese boy, who travelled with his family into Uganda, has the hemorrhagic disease that has killed nearly 1,400 people since last July in the second-worst outbreak on the planet.
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One in four Ebola cases undetected in Congo - WHO
Some 2,025 cases and 1,357 deaths have been recorded since the epidemic began in August in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu and Ituri provinces.
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DRC Ebola outbreak reaches 2,000 case threshold
The Democratic Republic of Congo's health ministry has recorded more than 2,000 cases of Ebola in the countries tenth outbreak since 1976. Aid organisations have called for improved relief efforts in order to tackle the deadly disease.
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Islamic State claims deadly attack in east Congo's Ebola zone
The deputy mayor of Beni in the eastern Democratic of Congo said 13 civilians were killed late on Monday in an attack by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
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Ebola cases in DR Congo break 2,000 mark
The government said it was important to retain the overall perspective, despite the breaching of the symbolic threshold of 2,000 cases.
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30 dead, dozens missing in DR Congo boat accident: mayor
Last month at least 167 people died in two accidents prompting President Felix Tshisekedi to make it mandatory for boat passengers to have lifebuoys.
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UN Ebola chief to tackle security, political issues in DRC
The virus has killed 1,223 of the 1,847 people who have fallen ill, making it the second-worst Ebola outbreak on record.
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Red Cross warns underfunding could hamstring DRC Ebola response
More than 1,100 people have died since the central African country last August declared a 10th outbreak of Ebola in 40 years.
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Sudan talks resume after shootings mar breakthrough
The Alliance for Freedom and Change - the protest movement umbrella group negotiating with the ruling military council - said the shootings were an attempt to "disturb the breakthrough".
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Political games hinder efforts to end Ebola outbreak in Congo: WHO
Attempts to end the second worst Ebola outbreak on record are being hampered by 'political games' and distrust of outsiders in two towns in Democratic Republic of Congo, a senior World Health Organisation official said on Monday.
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UN shifts response as Ebola outbreak in DR Congo drags on
More than 1,000 people have died from the virus - the second deadliest outbreak on record after the epidemic that killed 11,300 people in West Africa in 2014-2016.
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Rebels, soldiers killed in east DR Congo clashes
The two provinces, rocked by a violent insurgency, are also battling a fresh Ebola outbreak, which the DRC health ministry says has killed more than 1,000 people since August 2018.
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Congo Ebola death toll nears 1,000, expected to spread -WHO
The WHO reportedly plans to introduce an unlicensed new Ebola vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson, in addition to a Merck vaccine already being used.
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Congo registers record of 27 new Ebola cases in one day
The previous record was 110 confirmed cases a couple of weeks ago.
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Picture perfect - Congo ranger’s gorilla selfie goes viral
Mathieu Shamavu said he was out walking with Ndakazi and Ndeze when he spotted a photo opportunity.
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More food aid could boost fight against Ebola in Congo - agencies
Public mistrust is a major obstacle to stopping the epidemic, which has infected more than 1,300 people and killed 880 in eastern Congo since July.
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Security issues dominate Tshisekedi’s first tour of DRC after election
Hamstrung by a parliament and local officials in the sway of Joseph Kabila, DRC President Felix Tshisekedi has largely failed to exert his authority.
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Ebola is real, Congo president tells skeptical population
It is surpassed only by the 2013-2016 outbreak in West Africa, in which more than 28,000 cases were reported and more than 11,000 people died.
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150 missing after shipwreck in eastern Congo
Delphin Mbirimbi, a local activist in South Kivu province, told Reuters that the boat, which had departed from neighbouring North Kivu province, wrecked on the lake near Kalehe territory.
