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19 illegal miners killed in Congo mine collapse
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], June 28 (ANI): At least 19 illegal artisanal miners were killed on Thursday after part of a copper and cobalt mine owned by Swiss-based mining giant Glencore collapsed in southern Congo.
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Ebola outbreak: Death toll breaches 1000-mark in DR Congo
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], May 4 (ANI): At least 1,008 people have lost their lives due to Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) since the outbreak of the virus in August last year, the country's health ministry confirmed.
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Ebola outbreak: Death toll breaches 650-mark in DR Congo
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Apr 9 (ANI): At least 655 people have lost their lives due to Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) since the outbreak of the virus in July last year, the country's health ministry confirmed on Monday.
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Congo: Over 600 dead in Ebola outbreak, second deadliest since 2014
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Apr 6 (ANI): In the second deadliest Ebola outbreak since 2014, that killed 11,000 in West Africa, 629 people have lost their lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to UN Secretary General spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, about 1,041 new cases of Ebola have
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Pranay Kumar Verma named India's next Ambassador to Vietnam
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 1 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs appointed Pranay Kumar Verma as the next Ambassador of India to Vietnam on Friday.
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More than 500 dead in Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Feb 10 (ANI): The death toll in Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic (DR) of Congo rose to a whopping 500, the country's health ministry said on Saturday.
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UN: Ethnic strife killed nearly 900 people in DR Congo
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Jan 30 (ANI): The United Nations has said that nearly 900 people lost their lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo last month due to ethnic strife. It said that 15 communal burial sites and 43 single graves have been found near the town of Yumbi.
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370 dead in Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Jan 21 (ANI): The death toll in the deadly Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic (DR) of Congo rose to a whopping 370, since the disease ravaged the Central African nation in July last year, the country's health ministry said on Monday.
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Court announces Felix Tshisekedi as the new President of Congo
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Jan 20 (ANI): A Constitutional Court here on Sunday declared Felix Tshisekedi, leader of the main opposition party, as the newly elected President of the country, rejecting claims of rigging and fraud by runner-up candidate Martin Fayulu, who declared himself to be the c
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Congo: CENI postpones announcement of election results
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Jan 6(ANI): The Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has decided to postpone the announcement of Presidential election results to anytime later this week.
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Over 600 cases of Ebola detected in Congo
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Jan 3 (ANI): Democratic Republic of Congo's Ministry of Health revealed that over 600 cases of Ebola virus have been detected in the region since the outbreak of the disease in August last year.
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DRC all set to go for polling amid Ebola outbreak
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Dec 30 (ANI): Voters in the Democratic Republic of Congo are all set to exercise their franchise today, amid the country's worst Ebola outbreak that has taken the lives of more than 330 people in the eastern provinces of the country.
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