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Lightning kills 20 people during Congos virus lockdown
Some 20 people were killed by a lightning strike on high-voltage power lines in Congo Brazzaville, the authorities say.The incident happened on the first...
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Ebola ’emergency status’ extended in DR Congo
The World Health Organization (WHO) has extended by three months the designation of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a...
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WHO sounds alarm on Ebola due to Congo insecurity
About 360 people are at potential risk of Ebola after contact with an infected person in eastern Congo yet many of them are out...
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Suspected Islamist militants kill 19, burn church in eastern DR Congo
Islamist militiamen killed at least 19 people overnight in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, stepping up attacks on civilians in response to a military...
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More than a dozen killed as unlicensed mine collapses in DRC
More than a dozen people have been killed after an unlicensed gold mine collapsed in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the government...
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DR Congo’s ex-Ebola minister ‘mismanaged $4.3m’
Lawyers for the former health minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Oly Ilunga, say the authorities have accused him of mismanaging $4.3m (£3.4m)...
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