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DR Congo to audit and review 'unfair' Chinese mining contracts
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Officials, in trying to end years of mistrust with Chinese investors involved, say they want to reach an amicable solution to ensure improved revenue for DRC while protecting Beijing's businesses. It hasn't panned out well.
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10 killed, several wounded in bomb attack at church in DR Congo
Updated : 3 years, 1 month 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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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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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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UN condemns recent attacks against civilians in Congo
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 13 (ANI/Xinhua): The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Bintou Keita has condemned the recent attacks attributed to rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the provinces of North Kivu and It
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More than 40 killed in DR Congo diamond mine collapse
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DRC], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): More than 40 people were killed late Tuesday in a diamond mine collapse in the central Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), local authorities confirmed Thursday.
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Merck Foundation CEO and African first ladies celebrate the Winners of the
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]/Kinshasa [DR Congo], June 1 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany announced the Winners of Merck Foundation Song Awards "More Than a Mother" 2021 in partnership with African First Ladies who are also the Ambassado
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UN expresses concerns over resurgence of fighting in DR Congo
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 31 (ANI): The UN Refugee Agency have expressed deep concerns about the urgent and large-scale needs of more than 72,000 people who have been displaced by fighting in recent days in North Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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Tanzania on high alert over Ebola after fresh outbreak reported in DR Cong
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Dar es Salaam [Tanzania], May 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Tanzanian health authorities said on Monday they are on high alert following a fresh outbreak of Ebola in the northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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132 die of measles in Republic of Congo
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Brazzaville [DR Congo], April 28 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 132 people have lost their lives due to contracting measles out of 6,259 cases recorded as of April 24 throughout the Republic of the Congo, Congolese Health Minister Gilbert Mokoki said Thursday.
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Second Ebola patient died in NW DR Congo: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], April 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported a second case of Ebola in the northwestern part of the country after declaring a new Ebola outbreak over the weekend, confirmed Tuesday the World Health Organization (WHO).
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New Ebola case confirmed in NW DR Congo
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): A positive case of Ebola virus disease has been reported in Wangata Health Zone of the Equateur province, located in the northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), confirmed Saturday DRC's Health Minister Jean-Jacques Mbungani.
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