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DRC justice minister resigns after judicial reform dispute | News24

The Democratic Republic of Congo's Justice Minister Celestin Tunda tendered his resignation on Saturday in the wake of a dispute with the president over proposed laws that would give politicians more control over criminal prosecu

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WATCH | Around 50 feared dead in DR Congo mine flooding | News24

About 50 people are feared dead after an artisanal gold mine flooded in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after torrential rain, a provincial governor has said.

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Rwanda: Why Inter-Provincial Movements, Taxi-Moto Restrictions Remained

The Ministry of Health says that the postponement of resuming inter-provincial movements and passenger taxi-moto services was triggered by five new Covid-19 cases confirmed in Rusizi district, Western Province on Sunday, May

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Tshisekedi pulls a Papa Wemba move; dances to another tune

Nicknamed the ‘King of Rumba Rock’, the stylish Wemba was not just one of Congo’s most iconic musicians, but one of the most popular musicians of his time in Africa, a big figure in the world or music, and a film

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Africa: 20 Million Use COVID-19 WhatsApp Line - Focus on Health Workers is Next

Johannesburg — Months after successfully launching COVID-19 Connect in South Africa and the World Organisation's global HealthAlert on WhatsApp, Praekelt.org is planning to launch a similar service for health workers in South

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Drake & Megan Thee Stallion Lead 2020 BET Awards Nominations

The list of nominees reveals that Drake brought in the most nominations, including Best Male Hip-Hop Artist, Video of the Year, and two nominations each for Best Collaboration and

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Covid-19 wrap: 1 127 new US deaths, Wuhan lab had '3 live bat coronaviruses' and DRC denies manipulation

Beijing – The Chinese virology institute at the centre of US allegations it may have been the source of the Covid-19 pandemic has three live strains of bat coronavirus on-site, but none match the new global contagion, its director has

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Congo-Kinshasa: WHO Confirms New Ebola Outbreak in Northwest DRC

The World Health Organization on Monday confirmed a second outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, just as an initial outbreak appeared to be

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Congo-Kinshasa: Kinshasa Vows Zero Tolerance Over Child Soldiers After U.S. Anti-Trafficking Nod

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) decries use of child solders by army and militias after upgrade in U.S. Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report

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Africa: Innovating for Mothers Challenge launched to improve maternal and newborn health care in Senegal

DAKAR, SENEGAL (May 21st, 2020) -- Reach for Change Senegal has launched a national competition called the "Innovating for Mothers Challenge" aimed at finding and supporting innovative and entrepreneurial initiatives for maternal and newborn health in Senegal that are ready to grow their

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DRC: Goma residents decry cost of masks

“I wear a leaf mask because I don’t have the money to buy a good

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DR Congo court hands top presidential aide 20-year sentence in graft case

A top DR Congo court on Saturday sentenced Vital Kamerhe, chief of staff to President Felix Tshisekedi and a key powerbroker, to 20 years hard labour for corruption in an unprecedented case testing the government's anti-graft

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Rwanda Conducts Record 3,495 COVID-19 Tests As Rusizi Continues to Be a Hotspot

Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana, the Director-General of Rwanda Biomedical Centre noted that "Most of the new cases are household members of previously confirmed Covid-19 positive in Rusizi", he

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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Provides U.S.$40 Million in Response to New Ebola Outbreak, Other Emergencies

[VOA] The U.N. has released $40 million from its Central Emergency Response Fund to help tackle a new outbreak of Ebola and other health and humanitarian crises in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Angola: COVID-19 - Cuango Trains Health Technicians

Cuango — At least twenty four health technicians, including nurses and doctors, have been trained to handle positive cases of covid-19 in Cuango municipality, Lunda Norte

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Rwanda reintroduces lockdown in parts of Kigali as cases rise

A fresh surge in coronavirus cases prompted Rwanda’s government to place six areas of the capital, Kigali, back under a “total

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South Africa: From Maternal Health to COVID-19 - How a WhatsApp Service Became Essential for Millions

Cape Town — Covid-19 Connect, a WhatsApp service that provides users with relevant information to help make informed and effective decisions during the pandemic, was developed by Praekelt.org for South Africa, but the organisation's experience with digital health technology like MomConnect allowed

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Central African Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 3,800,000), 240,534 sq mi (622,983 sq km), central Africa. The landlocked nation is bordered by Chad (N), Sudan and South Sudan (E), Congo (Kinshasa) and Congo (Brazzaville) (S), and Cameroon (W). Bangui is the capital and largest

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Ebola vaccinations underway in new DR Congo outbreak

Six people have died of the much-feared haemorrhagic virus since June 1.

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DR Congo declares end to Ebola in the east | Africanews

Congolese Health Minister Eteni Longondo on Thursday officially proclaimed the end of the Ebola epidemic in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the second most serious since the discovery of the virus in

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Trafficked apes from DR Congo recovered in Zimbabwe

DR Congo's environment minister Claude Nyamugabo Bazibuhe confirmed that great apes illegally removed from the DRC have been seized in Zimbabwe.

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Burundi: Nkurunziza Could Have Won Gold, but Left Without a Medal

Pierre Nkurunziza had only a few weeks to go as president of Burundi, before handing over power to his recently elected successor, Evariste

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Rwanda: How Two Sectors in Rwamagana Are Becoming Key Suppliers of Fresh Foodstuff

Speraton Ntawumenyumunsi, a farmer in the area has more than 10 hectares of coffee, banana, macadamia, passion fruits, tamarillos and pineapples among

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From DRC as a refugee to Belgium's first black mayor, the story of Pierre Kompany - Face2Face Africa

Pierre Kompany left the military camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where he was imprisoned on the orders of Mobutu Sese Seko, the country’s ruthless dictator in 1975 as a refugee. Today, he is a Belgian politician overseeing the Brussels suburb of Ganshoren, the first black person to

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Top DRC court intervenes in high-profile graft case

Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of Congo's top court has intervened in an unprecedented corruption case involving a key ally of the president, less than a day before a lower court was due to issue a verdict, legal sources said on

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Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Stirs Concern in Northwestern Congo, Even As Eastern Outbreak Declared Over

[The New Humanitarian] Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo -'The risk is still very high. We remain on watch.'

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Coronavirus in Africa: 202,864 cases; 5,539 deaths; 90,813 recoveries

There are now more than over 200,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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Zimbabwe: Hwange Colliery Eyes Regional Markets As Foreign Currency Shortages Persist

The worsening foreign currency shortages in the country have pushed Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) to target six regional market destinations as part of the coal miner's strategy to remain productive, and export

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Rwanda Records Rise in New COVID-19 Cases

Rwanda on Thursday recorded 18 new coronavirus cases, the highest of the week, contributed mainly by citizens arriving from neighbouring

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