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IMF approves extended credit release of USD 212mn to Congo: Executive Boar
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s Executive Board has approved the immediate release of more than $212 million to back up the international reserves of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), formerly Zaire, the fund announced in a press rele
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UNHCR staff members wounded in DR Congo, UN chief calls for full investiga
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 9 (ANI): The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday expressed outrage over an attack on a convoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in which one of its vehicles was hit, wounding three staff members.
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Fraud, bribery linked to China-Congo 'deal of the century': Report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 1 (ANI): A massive deal between Chinese state-owned engineering firms and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to trade mineral wealth to fund urgently needed infrastructure projects concealed a multimillion-dollar embezzlement and bribery operation, according
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Series of appalling deadly attacks on displaced people in DR Congo: UNHCR
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 1 (ANI): The UN refugee agency UNHCR said it is "appalled by a series of deadly attacks" on displaced people in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), its spokesperson told journalists on Tuesday in Geneva.
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8 Chinese citizens kidnapped in DRC gold mine attack
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], November 21 (ANI): Eight Chinese citizens were kidnapped on Sunday in the province of South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while a soldier was killed, according to Congolese media.
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At least 40 missing in boat accident in eastern DR Congo
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], November 12 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 40 people remain missing after a boat accident on Thursday morning in Kalehe territory of the South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), local sources said.
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Thousands fleeing DR Congo due to fighting: UNHCR
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], November 10 (ANI): Fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has forced at least 11,000 people to flee to neighbouring Uganda since Sunday night, representing the largest refugee influx in a single day for more than a year, the UN refugee agency,
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UNICEF on the ground to respond to latest Ebola case in DRC
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], October 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN children's fund, UNICEF, said Saturday in a statement that it is working with health authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after a new Ebola case was reported in the northeastern part of the country.
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Boat capsizes in Congo River, over 50 dead, many missing
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kinshasa [Congo], October 9 (ANI): More than 50 people have died and more are believed to be missing after the capsizing of a makeshift vessel on the Congo River earlier this week.
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Militant attack in Eastern DRC kills 19: Officials
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Militants of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) radical group are suspected of killing 19 people in an attack in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's province of North Kivu, the head of the province's Buliki area said on Saturday.
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2 injured in church blast in DR Congo
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], June 27 (ANI/Xinhua): At least two people were injured on Sunday morning in an explosion at a Catholic church in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to multiple local media.
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Three killed in plane crash in eastern DR Congo
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kinshasa [Congo], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Three people were killed in a plane crash Wednesday at Kavumu airport in South Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to Radio Okapi, an UN-run radio station.
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