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Tanzania on high alert over Ebola after fresh outbreak reported in DR Cong
Updated : 3 weeks, 2 days ago IST
Dar es Salaam [Tanzania], May 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Tanzanian health authorities said on Monday they are on high alert following a fresh outbreak of Ebola in the northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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Second Ebola patient died in NW DR Congo: WHO
Updated : 4 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], April 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported a second case of Ebola in the northwestern part of the country after declaring a new Ebola outbreak over the weekend, confirmed Tuesday the World Health Organization (WHO).
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New Ebola case confirmed in NW DR Congo
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): A positive case of Ebola virus disease has been reported in Wangata Health Zone of the Equateur province, located in the northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), confirmed Saturday DRC's Health Minister Jean-Jacques Mbungani.
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At least 7 die in train derailment in DR Congo
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], April 4 (ANI/Xinhua): At least seven people were killed late Sunday in a freight train derailment in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), local authorities confirmed Monday.
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UN pays tribute to 8 peacekeepers killed in Congo helicopter crash
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], April 2 (ANI/Xinhua): UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) paid a final tribute Saturday to the eight peacekeepers who died during a helicopter crash Tuesday in northeastern DRC.
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UN helicopter crashes in eastern Congo, 8 peacekeepers killed
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Kinshasa [DRC], March 30 (ANI): A United Nations (UN) helicopter carrying UN peacekeepers crashed in the Democratic People's Republic of Congo on Tuesday, killing eight people on board.
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Amid terrorist attack, India at UNSC calls for protection of civilians in
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
New York [US], March 30 (ANI): Concerned over the spread of terrorism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's eastern provinces, India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti highlighted major challenges in front of DRC authorities of providing security to civilians a
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UN Mission in DR Congo says lost contact with helicopter in country's east
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Kinshasa [DRC], March 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) said on Tuesday that it had lost contact with one of its helicopters in the east of the country.
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At least 60 killed in train derailment in southeastern DR Congo
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Kinshasa [DRC], March 12 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 60 people were killed late Thursday following a freight train derailed in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), local authorities confirmed Saturday.
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DR Congo new ground for Chinese companies in search of gold: Report
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kinshasa [DRC] February 28 (ANI): The Central African country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has become the new hunting ground of Chinese companies in search of gold as it is not just mining nor rampant looting but a stinking Sino-Congolese scandal, said a media report.
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UN strengthens peacekeeping presence around attacked Camp in DR Congo
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New York [US], February 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations has strengthened the presence of peacekeepers under the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) in an area where a camp for displaced persons is located after a recent deadly attack that claimed 60
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At least 50 civilians killed by militiamen in northeast DR Congo
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kinshasa [DRC] February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 50 people were killed by rebels of the Cooperative for the Development of Congo (CODECO) in a camp for displaced people in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Xinhua News Agency reported citing local sources.
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