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Mapping The Migration Of Thousands Of Congolese Escaping The M23 Conflict
Thousands of people have fled their homes as the conflict between the Congolese army (FARDC) and the M23 rebels rage on in the territory of Nyiragongo, near Goma, the capital of North Kivu. An estimated 3,000 residents from six villages in eastern DR Congo – including, Bukima, Nyesisi, and Ruhanga – have fled clashes between the…
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What Is To Blame For Soaring Inflation Rates In DRC?
Despite an exceptionally high deposit of natural resources, immense biodiversity and hydropower potential, the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC) have the third-largest population living below poverty lines. Internal conflict, economic downtimes and the global hike in fuel prices have sparked the worst inflation rates in DRC since the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, with…
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Jail Rape Convicts Sentenced To 15 Years Imprisonment In DRC
According to a report published in September 2020, fifty-six women were repeatedly raped during a three-day mutiny at Kasapa jail, Lubumbashi, a province in the Democratic Republic Of Congo. Three of the women were infected with HIV (which causes AIDS) and 16 became pregnant after the assault, according to lawyers for the victims. A court…
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Rebel Group Seize Villages In DRC Near Uganda, Rwanda Borders
Suspected fighters from M23, a rebel group that claimed large swaths of territory between 2012 and 2013 has seized at least two villages overnight in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) near the border with Uganda and Rwanda, according to local officials. On Monday, Lieutenant-Colonel Muhindo Luanzo, assistant to the administrator of Rutshuru…
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Ebola Vaccination Begins In Eastern DRC
Vaccination against Ebola has commenced in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a new outbreak was recorded in the region weeks ago. Five months after the country declared an end to the last outbreak that killed six people, new cases were reported in the first week of October, claiming the lives of 2 people. Health…
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Boat Mishap In Congo River Claims Over 50 Lives
Provincial authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have reported a casualty of 51 persons and over 70 others missing after a ship capsized in the Congo River on October 4, 2021. 51 bodies were recovered late on Friday from the boat that sank during the night of Monday to Tuesday, according to Nestor Magbado,…
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New Ebola Case Confirmed In Eastern DRC
One Ebola case has been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a few months after the latest outbreak in the country was declared over. A three-year-old boy tested positive near the eastern city of Beni, one of the epicentres of the 2018-2020 outbreak, and died from the disease on Wednesday, Health Minister Jean…
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WHO Staff Members Accused Of Sex Abuse In DRC
An investigation authorized by the World Health Organization has uncovered over 80 cases of sex abuse by staff members transferred to the Democratic Republic Of Congo (DRC) in response to an Ebola outbreak. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus appointed the panel’s co-chairs to investigate the claims last October after media reports said unnamed humanitarian officials…
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Nigeria Suffers Electricity Deficit, Clean Fuel, Others
The World Bank has said that Nigeria is among the three countries in the world with the largest electricity deficits in the world. The apex bank said during the last decade, a greater share of the global population gained access to electricity than ever before, however, the number of people without electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa…
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DRC Loses $4 Billion To Israeli Scam Contracts
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) may have lost nearly $4 billion resulting from dubious oil and mining contracts signed with Israeli businessman Dan Gertler according to the CNPAV. The Comitato Nazionale Pendolari Alta Velocità (CNPAV), an anti-corruption coalition reported that an analysis of public data between 2003 and 2021 showed that the DRC had…