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WHO predicts potential 100-300 Ebola cases in months

Based on current rate of outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization has said that it is...

49 killed in Congo river boat disaster

49 people have been reported to have drowned when the boat they were traveling in tipped over in a river in northern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ebola patients escape quarantine in Congo

Ebola patients have been reported to have escaped quarantine in the Congo river port city of Mbandaka with two of those patients dieing later on.

New Ebola related deaths recorded in DR Congo

Two more deaths have been recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo in relation to the Ebola outbreak in that country, according to health ministry officials.

Mass graves found in Congo borderlands

United Nations investigators have discovered five probable mass grave sites in eastern Congo’s Ituri province where an outbreak of ethnic violence has killed at least 263 people, a U.N. peacekeeping mission said.

Kabila commits to DR Congo polls, but opposition uneasy

Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has committed to hold elections on December 23.

UN peacekeepers killed in DR Congo honoured

The UN force in Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday paid tribute to troops who were killed last week, in the peacekeepers' biggest single loss in nearly a quarter of a century.

251 killed in DR Congo’s Kasai, 62 children among dead

The UN on Friday detailed more than 250 "extrajudicial or targeted killings" in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Kasai region from mid-March to mid-June,...

Thousands of children displaced by Kasai violence

An estimated 850,000 children have been forced to flee fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Kasai provinces, the UN's children's agency Unicef says. This...

No independence day parade in Congo because of security concerns

Democratic Republic of Congo will not hold its annual independence day military parade on Friday because of security concerns, an adviser to President Joseph...

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DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

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Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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