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Measles toll in Congo exceeds 5,000: WHO
Dec 05, 2019 14:34A measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed 5,000 people this year, many of them young children, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
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Health group withdraws staff from DR Congo’s east amid violence
Dec 05, 2019 05:56The non-profit group Doctors without Borders (MSF) pulled its foreign staff out of an eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo after an armed group tried to enter its compound.
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Four Ebola responders killed in troubled eastern DR Congo
Nov 28, 2019 15:44Four Ebola workers in eastern DR Congo were killed and five injured, adding to the toll of people who have died fighting the nearly 16-month-old epidemic, the UN said Thursday.
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Plane crashes in DR Congo, killing all on board
Nov 24, 2019 11:03Rescue workers pulled 18 bodies from the rubble after a plane crashed into a densely populated neighborhood in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo shortly after take-off on Sunday.
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Ten civilians killed by ADF militants in eastern DR Congo
Nov 20, 2019 16:27At least 10 civilians were killed in two attacks by militia gunmen in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where government forces have vowed to root out armed groups, sources said Wednesday.
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First shipment of new Ebola vaccine arrives in DR Congo
Nov 02, 2019 17:45The Congolese medical authorities say they have received the first shipment of a new Ebola vaccine as the central African country battles its second deadliest outbreak of the virus this decade.
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DR Congo unveils new government after months-long delay
Aug 26, 2019 10:07Nearly eight months after former opposition Chief Felix Tshisekedi was elected president, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has unveiled a coalition government dominated by supporters of his predecessor, Joseph Kabila.
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Congo has vaccinated over 200,000 against Ebola: Data
Aug 25, 2019 10:44Congolese authorities and health workers vaccinated more than 200,000 people against Ebola in August, the government said on Sunday, using a Merck vaccine they hope will help rein in the world's second worst epidemic.
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WHO declares Ebola outbreak is international health emergency, but not global threat
Jul 18, 2019 04:41The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo to be a "public health emergency of international concern", saying the recent risk of its spread in the city of Goma and into Uganda had increased the threat.
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Moscow agrees to send military specialists to Republic of Congo to service weapons
May 25, 2019 06:50Moscow is deploying its military specialists to Congo to provide service for Russian-made military hardware and equipment in the sub-Saharan African country.