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50 dead in DR Congo mining well landslide
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bukavu [DR Congo], September 12 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 50 people were killed on Friday evening after a landslide hit a mining well in Kamituga, South Kivu Province in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to a statement from the provincial governor on Saturday morning
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DRC faces bout of epidemic that has killed more than 6,000 already
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Jan 10 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that 6,000 people have lost their lives to a measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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Apple, Google, Tesla, other tech giants accused of child cobalt mining dea
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
California [USA], Dec 16 (ANI): Five tech giants -- Apple, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, and Dell -- have been reportedly accused of aiding and abetting the death of children working in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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Indian Army officer posted with UN Peacekeeping Mission in Congo goes miss
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 12 (ANI): An Army Officer posted with the India contingent in the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has gone missing.
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India's female squad to soon assume duties under UN peacekeeping missions
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 20 (ANI): India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syed Akbaruddin on Thursday said that Indian women who are contingents to the United Nations' peacekeeping operations will soon be assuming their duties in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Ebola outbreak: Death toll breaches 1000-mark in DR Congo
Updated : 7 years 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 : 7 years, 1 month 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 : 7 years, 1 month 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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32 dead, 90 injured in Congo train accident
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kinhasa [DR Congo], Mar 18 (ANI): Thirty-three people died, while around 90 others were reportedly injured in a train accident in Kasai province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, local media reported on Monday.
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UN: Ethnic strife killed nearly 900 people in DR Congo
Updated : 7 years, 3 months 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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Congo: CENI postpones announcement of election results
Updated : 7 years, 4 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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DRC all set to go for polling amid Ebola outbreak
Updated : 7 years, 4 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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