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DR Congo attacks kill 43: officials
The deadliest clash occurred on Friday when "attackers armed with guns and knives killed 21 civilians in Mahagi," said Gilbert Tsale, a senior regional official...
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DRCongo reports first virus death, five new cases
The country has reported 23 cases total since 10 March, and the death brings the total number of fatalities in sub-Saharan Africa to three.
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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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SA military plane crash lands in Congo, no sign of major damage
Videos on social media showed smoke rising from the airplane but two sources at the airport, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there did not appear to be major damage to the plane.
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MSF pulls staff from DR Congo's east after incident
The NGO becomes the latest aid agency to withdraw its staff from the Biakato region after an unclaimed attack last week saw three Ebola workers killed at an accommodation camp in Biakato Mines in Ituri province.
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19 killed by suspected militia in troubled east DR Congo
The not-for-profit Congo Research Group said the new massacre brought to 99 the number of civilians killed by armed groups in the Beni area since 5 November.
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WHO pre-qualifies first Ebola vaccine
The announcement comes hot on the heels of a decision last Monday by the European Commission to allow the release to market of an injectable vaccine.
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OPINION: Grand Inga, the dream that should be shelved
Affordability and reliability are perhaps the biggest and most controversial of the issues plaguing the proposed Grand Inga DAM in the DRC, write Trusha Reddy and Rudo Sanyanga.
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DRC ambassador not at WEF due to transition in government
Ambassador Ben Mpoko said they informed the South African government of their non-attendance much earlier.
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DR Congo announces new govt 7 months after president inaugurated
The Democratic Republic of Congo announced a coalition government Monday, seven months after the inauguration of new President Felix Tshisekedi.
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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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Scientists hail promise of first effective Ebola treatments in Congo trial
Two experimental drugs - Regeneron’s REGN-EB3 and a monoclonal antibody called mAb114 - were both developed using antibodies harvested from survivors of Ebola infection.
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WHO hails new DRC aid in fight against Ebola
The World Bank announced Wednesday it would deploy a further $300 million in addition to $100 million already provided after Ebola erupted in August 2018.
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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 country's tenth outbreak since 1976. Aid organisations have called for improved relief efforts in order to tackle the deadly disease.
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SA forces repel rebel attacks in DRC
Highly-trained South African soldiers deployed in the DRC decimated opposition forces belonging to rebel group ADF in a recent battle that left 23 dead.
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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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More than 1,000 dead in DR Congo Ebola epidemic
The current outbreak is the second deadliest on record after an epidemic killed more than 11,300 people in West Africa in 2014-2016.
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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.
