The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on political actors in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to work together for a free and fair elections on Sunday. Guterres, in a statement, also encouraged all Congolese citizens to seize “this historic opportunity” to participate in the consolidation of the country’s democratic institutions. The UN […]
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Nine killed in DRC eastern region of Beni
Suspected members of an armed group have killed nine civilians in an attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) troubled east, according to government officials and the military. Aljazeera reported, the massacre occurred overnight in the town of Oicha, in the Beni region of DRC, local administrator Donat Kibwana. The assailants were suspected members of […]
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Gunfire, threats and curfews slow Congo’s fight against Ebola
When medics tried to reach Ebola patients in a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during a recent surge in violence, they were blocked by men wielding machetes and axes. Worried about being kidnapped, […]
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File: Hygienists wearing protective suits disinfect the toilets of an Ebola treatment centre in DR Congo during an earlier outbreak Ebola deadly virus, that raged in some West African countries several years ago, has staged a return in northwest part of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), killing 17 people. Congo’s health ministry