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Ethnic militia kills 18 in eastern DR Congo


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18 civilians were killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday by a notorious ethnic militia, which attacked a church building where displaced people had taken shelter, local and church sources said. The incident took place…

CAF World Cup Qualifiers: Ghana, Mali, DR Congo Advance


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Ghanaian national team captain Andre Ayew scored the game’s only goal as the Black Stars beat South Africa 1-0 to progress to the play-off round of the qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup, while Mali and the Democratic Republic of…

DR Congo starts Ebola vaccinations in Eastern City


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Vaccination against the deadly Ebola disease began in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern city of Beni, the WHO said, five days after reports of a new case. The fresh case was reported in North Kivu, the same province where the…

Diamond mine toxic leak kills 12 persons in Angola


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Toxic leak from a massive diamond mine in Angola killed at least 12 people and left 4,500 sick,says a minister in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.  The leak turned a tributary of the River Congo red and killed huge numbers of…

DR Congo mourns Kumwanza


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DR Congo is mourning the death of Gabriel Kyungu wa Kumwanza, one of the co-founders of the ruling party UDPS who died on Saturday according to his party. Gabriel Kyungu wa Kumwanza died after a "short illness" in Angola, where he was…

Rwanda tightens Covid-19 restrictions amid spike


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President Paul Kagame on Monday re-imposed tight restrictions including the suspension of all social gatherings and the adjustment of curfew time from 9pm-4am to 7pm- 4am. Movements between Kigali and other provinces in the country are…

Covid-19: UAE bars entry from Uganda, Zambia and DR Congo


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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will suspend entry for travellers coming from Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda starting June 11, as part of efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the National Emergency Crisis and…

DR Congo to lose 1.3 million Covid-19 shots


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Health authorities are reallocating around 75% of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s 1.7 million AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses to other African countries to make sure they’re used before they expire, a UNICEF representative said on…

DR Congo: Tshisekedi supporter elects senate President


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The Democratic Republic of Congo has elected a supporter of President Felix Tshisekedi as the next Senate leader. Modeste Bahati Lukwebo's election follows the formation of a new parliamentary majority to remove the camp of the former…

World Bank to suspend DR Congo’s $100m school funding


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The World Bank said it was suspending the first tranche of $100 million in a programme to fund free schools in DR Congo over “fraud and corruption” in the country’s education sector. In a statement from the World Bank, information showed…