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Congo reports large daily jump in Ebola cases a month after outbreak was declared

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Congo reports large daily jump in Ebola cases a month after outbreak was declared

A health worker disinfects the area around a treatment center under construction at the General Hospital in Bunia, Congo, on June 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Congolese authorities have reported one of the highest daily increases in Ebola cases in a month-old outbreak as the virus spreads quickly in a remote region whose shifting…

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Watch: Why is the assassination of Congo’s first PM Patrice Lumumba being talked about now?

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Watch: Why is the assassination of Congo’s first PM Patrice Lumumba being talked about now?

For more than six decades after the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, there was silence. He was shot. His body was dismembered and dissolved in sulphuric acid. No one was held accountable. Now, that silence may finally be breaking. The attention is now on 93 year old Belgian diplomat Étienne Davignon who will stand trial Source…

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Frightened residents say Rwanda-backed rebels are advancing on a third city in eastern Congo

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Frightened residents say Rwanda-backed rebels are advancing on a third city in eastern Congo

A Rwandan National Police officer watches M23 rebel troops arrive at the Rusizi border post joining the Congolese city of Bukavu with Cyangugu in Rwanda, on February 16, 2025 in Cyangugu, Rwanda. | Photo Credit: Getty images Rwanda-backed rebels appeared to be heading toward a third major city in eastern Congo, frightened residents said Tuesday, as international pressure rose…

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UK identifies four cases of new mpox variant, the first cluster outside Africa

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UK identifies four cases of new mpox variant, the first cluster outside Africa

LONDON (AP) — British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged in Congo. Representational image | Photo Credit: Justin Makangara British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged in Congo, marking…

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First Batch Of Mpox Vaccine Doses Arrives In Congo, Epicentre Of Outbreak

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First Batch Of Mpox Vaccine Doses Arrives In Congo, Epicentre Of Outbreak

This first delivery amounts to 99,000 doses. (Representational) Kinshasa: Democratic Republic of Congo received its first batch of mpox vaccines on Thursday, which health authorities hope will help curb an outbreak that has prompted the U.N. to declare a global public health emergency. Congo is the epicentre of the outbreak, which has spread to neighbouring…

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Congo Army Says It Stopped Attempted Coup Near Felix Tshisekedi Office In Kinshasa Involving Several Americans, British Man

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Congo Army Says It Stopped Attempted Coup Near Felix Tshisekedi Office In Kinshasa Involving Several Americans, British Man

Videos on social media showed men in fatigues at the Palais de la Nation, brandishing flags of Zaire. Kinshasa, DR Congo: The DR Congo military on Sunday said it had thwarted an “attempted coup” near the offices of President Felix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa involving “foreigners and Congolese”. It happened in the early hours of the…

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Congolese army says it has foiled a coup. Self-exiled opposition leader threatens president

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Congolese army says it has foiled a coup. Self-exiled opposition leader threatens president

Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi. File | Photo Credit: VIA REUTERS Congo’s army says it has “foiled a coup” on May 19 morning and arrested the perpetrators, including several foreigners, following a shootout between armed men in military uniform and guards of a close ally of Congo’s president that left three people dead in the capital,…

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Congo appoints its first female Prime Minister as violence surges in the east

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Congo appoints its first female Prime Minister as violence surges in the east

Judith Suminwa Tuluka. | Photo Credit: X/@SuminwaJudith President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo on April 1 appointed the country’s first female Prime Minister, fulfilling a campaign promise and making an important step towards the formation of a new government after being reelected late last year. Former Planning Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka will…

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