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Congo, WHO Investigate Mysterious Illness Cluster As Death Toll Reaches 60
MENAFN
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February 28, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Kinshasa, Feb 28 (IANS) health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in cooperation with the World Health Organisation (WHO), are investigating a new cluster of illnesses and community deaths in Equateur...
Heavy rains flood Congo's capital, killing at least 22 people
Newsday - New York
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KINSHASA, Congo — Major flooding in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa has killed at least 22 people and cut off access to over half of the city and the country's main airport, authorities said Sunday. Most of the fatalities in Friday's deluge were...
More than 40,000 DRC refugees flee to Uganda as aid cuts hit: UN
The Daily Tribune - News Of Bahrain
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TDT | Manama Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com More than 40,000 Congolese refugees have fled to Uganda since violence flared in eastern DR Congo in January, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning the surge could overwhelm a system battered by US...
Health crisis in Congo: Unknown illness claims over 50 lives hours after showing symptoms
Mathrubhumi
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February 25, 2025
Kinshasa, Congo: An unknown illness has claimed the lives of more than 50 people in northwestern Congo, prompting growing concerns about its potential threat to global health. The outbreak, which began on January 21, has resulted in 419 reported...
Over 70 dead as torrential rains Devastate Kinshasa, thousands displaced
Daijiworld News
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Daijiworld Media Network- Kinshasa Kinshasa, Apr 15: Heavy rains have unleashed widespread devastation across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), claiming at least 72 lives and displacing more than 5,000 people in the capital city of...
Congo Crisis UN Warns of Escalating Humanitarian Emergency
New Kerala
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February 27, 2025
United Nations, Feb 27: Humanitarian crisis is worsening as violence escalated in three eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UN humanitarians said. The provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri have seen a recent...
DR Congo president meets irate Kinshasa flood victims
Modern Ghana
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DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi on Monday met angry residents who lost their homes in flash weekend floods in the capital Kinshasa that have killed at least 33 people. Flooding frequently proves deadly in Kinshasa, which sits on the banks of...
Heavy rains flood DR Congo capital, killing 72
Daily Finland
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Heavy rains and flooding have struck several provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with the capital Kinshasa among the hardest hit, the Ministry of Health announced on Monday, reported Xinhua. According to the latest data, 11...
DRC: ‘Rwandan support for the M23 threatens to turn the conflict into a regional crisis’
CIVICUS
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Featured Interviews 04 February 2025 Steward Muhindo is an activist with LUCHA (Lutte pour le changement), a non-violent, non-partisan civic movement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He spoke to CIVICUS about the conflict in the east...
Congo humanitarian operations hit hard by Trump aid pause: UN
SABC News
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February 12, 2025
A United States pause on foreign aid has had a “major impact” in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where humanitarian operations last year were 70% funded by Washington, the top United Nations aid official in the country said on Tuesday. Bruno...
Congo humanitarian operations hit hard by Trump aid pause, says UN official
The Straits Times
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February 11, 2025
‹‹ 1 of 3 FILE PHOTO: Congolese children in Mitwaba camp for internally displaced people watch as a U.N. helicopter lifts off after delivering emergency food aid in Katanga Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Picture taken February 9,...
Congo news blackout on mystery killer viruses as 50 victims in hours
Daily Star
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February 25, 2025
Fears around a mystery illness that has killed 50 people in the Congo continue to grow exponentially. It comes as the Daily Star uncovered an apparent media blackout on the "worrying" disease with zero reports from local outlets on a viral...
Congo faces deadly outbreak as mystery illness kills 53, WHO reports
The New Zealand Herald
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February 25, 2025
Investigators traced the outbreak’s origin to Boloko Village, where three children under the age of 5 died after reportedly eating a bat carcass, health officials said. In addition to the other symptoms reported with this disease, the three...
Failed truce intensifies conflict in DRC as UN warns of reco...
Modern Ghana
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A truce announced last week by AFC/M23 rebels in Walikale, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has collapsed after just a few days. The Congolese army now accuses the Rwandan-backed group of reinforcing its military positions in North and...
Decenas de muertos en Congo entre acusaciones mutuas de gobierno y rebeldes apoyados por Ruanda
Yakima Herald-Republic - Washington State
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GOMA, República Democrática del Congo (AP) — Al menos 50 personas murieron en ataques durante el fin de semana en el este de República Democrática del Congo, una región asolada por el conflicto, dijeron las autoridades el sábado. El gobierno y los...
Dozens reported killed in east Congo as government, Rwanda-backed rebels trade blame
ABC News - New York
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April 13, 2025
GOMA, Congo -- At least 50 people were killed in weekend attacks in Congo’s conflict-battered east, authorities said Saturday. The government traded blame with Rwanda-backed rebels over who was responsible for the violence that quickly escalated...
At least 50 people killed in east Congo as government and Rwanda-backed rebels trade blame
Associated Press
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April 13, 2025
GOMA, Congo (AP) — At least 50 people were killed in weekend attacks in Congo’s conflict-battered east, authorities said Saturday. The government traded blame with Rwanda-backed rebels over who was responsible for the violence that quickly...
New wave of violence in Ituri DRC further risks civilian lives
Doctors Without Borders
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March 25, 2025
KINSHASA – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has witnessed a renewed spike in atrocities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s Ituri province, where our medical teams are providing care for civilians with horrific injuries. In a new report...
Vaccination Coverage Covid-19 and Self-Reported Adverse Post-Vaccination Events in Mbuji-Mayi, DR Congo
Dove Medical Press
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April 2, 2025
Introduction Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is an infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In January 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 virus was identified as the causative agent of an outbreak in...
MSF condemns surge of violence in DR Congo
Oman Observer
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March 25, 2025
KINSHASA: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Tuesday said civilians were suffering "horrific" wounds in a new surge in violence in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo's turbulent Ituri province. Gold-rich Ituri has long been hit by...