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US checkmates China in Africa by bolstering trade ties
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
It is pertinent to note that Chinese trade with Africa is about four times that of the United States. Beijing has become an important creditor by offering cheaper loans - often with opaque terms and collateral requirements - than Western lenders.
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10 killed, several wounded in bomb attack at church in DR Congo
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Congo army spokesman Anthony Mualushay on Sunday said that the explosion killed 10 people and wounded 39. Both tolls were provisional, he added.
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India remains "concerned on volatile security situation" in eastern Congo:
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In her address at the UN Security Council, Ruchira Kamboj said that India with concern notes the rise in the scale of attacks carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
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Research: Congo peatlands could emit billions of tonnes of carbon in drier
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New research published in Nature today reveals that the world's largest tropical peatland turned from being a major store of carbon to a source of damaging carbon dioxide emissions as a result of climate change thousands of years ago.
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11 die in stadium stampede at African music star Fally Ipupa's concert in
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Eleven people, including two police officers, were killed Sunday in a packed stadium in DR Congo's Kinshasa.
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Pakistan out of FATF grey list after four years
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Paris [France], October 21 (ANI): Pakistan is out of Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) 'grey list' with the global watchdog stating that Islamabad would continue to work with the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering to further improve its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist f
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Congo probes suspected Ebola case in North Kivu
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Brazzaville/Kinshasa [Congo], August 21 (ANI): Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are investigating a suspected case of Ebola virus disease in the country's eastern province of North Kivu, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday.
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Afghanistan gripped by multiple disease outbreaks
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 10 (ANI): Afghanistan is facing multiple disease outbreaks, including Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD), measles, Congo fever, dengue fever, and Covid-19, media reports said citing a recent World Health Organization (WHO) report.
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Blinken meets President Ramaphosa in South Africa, leaves for Congo
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Pretoria [South Africa], August 9 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met on Tuesday in Pretoria with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to strengthen the ties between the two countries and advance global priorities through the US-South Africa Strategic Dialogue.
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UN chief outraged after peacekeepers shot dead two people at Uganda, DR Co
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 1 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed dismay over an incident that took place on Sunday morning when UN peacekeepers opened fire and killed two people on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda.
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PM Modi urges UN chief to ensure expeditious investigation in attack on pe
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a telephonic conversation with the United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG), Antonio Guterres and urged him to ensure expeditious investigations into the recent attack on peacekeepers in Congo.
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Attacks on UN personnel contrary to international law: US on deaths of pea
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 29 (ANI): The United States on Thursday underscored that attacks against UN personnel and facilities are contrary to international law and lauded the efforts by the Congo government of investigating such attacks.
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