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Central Africa: Africa's Forgotten Crisis
[IPS] New York -- A few weeks ago, I traveled with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi to the Modale refugee site in the Nord-Ubangi province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). What we witnessed there was a profound humanitarian crisis that has left 4.7 million children
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the
The Congo, in west-central Africa, is bordered by the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, and the Atlantic Ocean. It is one-quarter the size of the U.S. The principal rivers are the Ubangi and Bomu in the north and the Congo
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Rwanda: Govt Okays Inter-Provincial Travel, Taxi-Moto Operations
An extraordinary cabinet meeting chaired by President Paul Kagame on Tuesday, June 2, approved the resumption of inter-provincial travel and passenger taxi-moto services except in Rusizi and Rubavu
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Patrice Lumumba’s remains to be repatriated to DR Congo
Kinshasa. - The remains of DR Congo’s former Prime Minister Patrice Emery Lumumba will be repatriated from Belgium, President Félix Tshisekedi has announced. In a national address to the country in front of Parliament on Monday, he said the national hero will be given an appropriate burial. “In
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Two injured in church bomb blast in eastern DR Congo | News24
A makeshift bomb exploded inside a Catholic church in the city of Beni in the DR Congo's conflict-plagued east on Sunday, injuring two just an hour before a children's Confirmation ceremony was due to be held.
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Rwanda
Rwanda ro͝oän´dä [key], officially Republic of Rwanda, republic (2005 est. pop. 8,441,000), 10,169 sq mi (26,338 sq km), E central Africa. It borders on Congo (Kinshasa) in the west, on Uganda in the north, on Tanzania in the east, and on Burundi in the south. Kigali is the capital and largest
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Congolese nationalism (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Congolese nationalism of Democratic Republic of the Congo, was also for a time known as Zairian nationalism during the rule of Mobutu Sese Seko. Congolese nationalism persists amongst the people of Democratic Republic of the Congo, in spite of civil war and the lack of a clear definition of what it
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Africa: Unicef and Microsoft Launch Improved, Scalable Technology to Protect Vulnerable Children and Women Amid Rise in Domestic and Gender-Based Violence Due to Covid-19
[Unicef] New York -- Primero, an innovative online and offline application, empowers social workers to help more children
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Tanzania: Suluhu's First 100 Days Have Been Glorious for Tanzania
[Nation] President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania is the true embodiment of the quote made by the former First Lady of the US Eleanor Roosevelt: "A woman is like a tea bag. You may never know how strong she is until you put her in hot water."
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Coronavirus in Africa: 103,875 cases; 3,184 deaths; 41,576 recoveries
There are now more than over 100,000 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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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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Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Soldiers Must Not Be Able to Attack Journalists With Impunity, RSF Says
Press Release - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to quickly identify and punish the soldiers who broke into a journalist's home this week in one of the two northeastern provinces where a state of siege in effect for the past six weeks is
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Angola Redoubles Border Surveillance With DRC Over Ebola
Dundo — The eastern Lunda Norte government is intensifying precautionary measures in the border areas with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to halt the import and spread of Ebola in Angolan
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Congo-Kinshasa: DRC's First Mobile Music Platform Launched By Muska - Founder Djo Moupondo Talks About Music and Data Bundles, Creating a Congolese Music Industry and Future Expansion
In the middle of May, Vodacom in partnership with Muska, launched DRC's first mobile music streaming
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Nightclubs shut as DR Congo hit by third Covid wave | News24
Nightclubs in the DR Congo must close and funeral wakes will be banned for two weeks in the face of a third wave of Covid cases, President Felix Tshisekedi said on Tuesday.
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Rwanda: COVID-19 - Govt Urges Vigilance as Rusizi Is Put Under Special Supervision
The Ministry of Health has placed Rusizi under extra supervision after the Western Province District, which borders DR Congo and Burundi recorded five new Covid-19 cases in just a single
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Rwanda: Cross-Border Trade Unscathed Despite COVID-19 - Minister Gatete
The Minister of Infrastructure Claver Gatete has said that cross border trade is progressing well, despite the measures in place to contain the Covid-19
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Congo-Kinshasa: DRC's Tshisekedi Has Secured His Power Base - Now It's Time to Deliver
[The Conversation Africa] Félix Tshisekedi of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress became the fifth president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in January 2019 after one of the most anticipated elections in the country's history.
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Coronavirus in Africa: 225,126 cases; 6,051 deaths; 102,912 recoveries
There are now more than over 220,000 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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Rwanda: Mending Rwanda, Uganda Ties Requires Political Will, Says Biruta
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Vincent Biruta, has said that it will take political will to restore relations between Uganda and
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At least two inmates have died from hunger in the Bunia prison in the Democratic Republic of
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Coronavirus in Africa: 78,280 cases; 2,624 deaths; 29,245 recoveries
There are now more than over 70,000 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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Rwanda: Covid-19 - Rwanda Tightens Controls On Travellers From India, Uganda
[New Times] Rwanda has tightened its Covid-19 travel restrictions for passengers from India, Uganda and the DR Congo.
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Drake & Megan Thee Stallion Lead 2020 BET Awards Nominations
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At least 30 dead in weekend DR Congo attack | News24
At least 30 people have been killed in a weekend attack in the restive northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, local and UN sources have announced.
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There are now more than over 260,000 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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Lumumba looms large over DRC - Belgium relations, 60 years on | Africanews
The DRC on Tuesday (July 30) commemorated its 60th independence anniversary. From Kinshasa its capital to Brussels, the figure of Patrice Lumumba dominates the tumultuous history of the central African nation and its relations with the former colonial
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Congo-Kinshasa: DRC - Tshisekedi Dismantles Ruling Coalition With Kabila's Party
[RFI] Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi on Sunday announced the end of a coalition agreement between his party and that of former President Joseph Kabila. Tshisekedi spent half an hour addressing the nation, discussing the outcome of national consultations held in November.
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