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Rwanda, Congo set May 2 goal for peace deal draft

Washington, United States—Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday set a goal of reaching a draft peace agreement by May 2 and...

Anthrax kills 50 hippos in Africa’s oldest nature reserve

Goma, DR Congo—Anthrax poisoning has killed about 50 hippos in Virunga, Africa's oldest national park located in the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled east, the...

Torrential rains kill dozens in DR Congo capital

Kinshasa, DR Congo — Heavy downpours in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa have killed around 30 people while wreaking havoc across the central...

Rwanda, Congo leaders in emergency summit

GOMA, Congo – The president of crisis-hit Democratic Republic of Congo was set to meet his Rwandan counterpart at an emergency summit on Wednesday,...

WHO says droplets a ‘minor’ route of mpox transmission

Geneva, Switzerland—The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said droplets were a minor route of transmission for mpox compared to physical contact, adding that more...

WHO says mpox outbreaks ‘can be stopped’

Geneva, Switzerland—Outbreaks of mpox in Central Africa "can be stopped," the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, but $135 million of funding may be...

Pope calls for more help for mpox victims

Vatican City, Holy See—Pope Francis on Sunday highlighted victims of the mpox virus in his weekly prayers and called on governments and the pharmaceutical industry...

Mpox epidemic disinformation debunked

Paris, France—An mpox outbreak spreading across several African countries, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has called a global emergency, has caused a spike in...

Mpox disease presents hard-to-weigh risks

Paris, France—As fears mount globally about mpox, apparently simple questions such as the danger it poses and differences between variants do not have clear and...

Pope appeals for halt to Democratic Republic of Congo violence

Vatican City, Holy See—Pope Francis on Sunday deplored a surge of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the victims of which he said...

Congo accuses Apple of using ‘blood minerals’ from war-torn east

Paris, France—The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is accusing Apple of using "illegally exploited" minerals extracted from the country's embattled east...

Foreign govts paid Trump firms millions while president—report

Officials from Saudi Arabia, India, Turkey, Democratic Republic of Congo and the Philippines were among some 20 countries' representatives who paid money to Trump's...

Record number of children attacked and killed in DR Congo: UN

The Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to see record numbers of children killed, maimed, kidnapped or sexually assaulted in 2023 for the...

14 killed in attack on southwestern DR Congo village

At least 14 people have been killed in an attack on a village in southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo near the Angolan border, authorities...
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