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Topic: congo

Pope Francis hopes to reschedule Africa trip soon

Pope Francis hopes to reschedule Africa trip soon

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 12 10:22 PM

Pope Francis said Sunday he hoped to visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan as soon as possible, after cancelling an upcoming visit due to a knee problem. Read more »

DOH: 'Little to no risk' of nose-bleed fever entering PH

DOH: 'Little to no risk' of nose-bleed fever entering PH

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 02 04:08 PM

There is 'little to no risk' of the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever entering the Philippines, the Department of Health said. Read more »

Deadly nose-bleed fever shocks Iraq as cases surge

Deadly nose-bleed fever shocks Iraq as cases surge

Asaad Niazi and Qassem al-Kaabi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 29 01:30 PM

Spraying a cow with pesticides, health workers target blood-sucking ticks at the heart of Iraq's worst detected outbreak of a fever that causes people to bleed to death. Read more »

Suicide bomber strikes east Congo restaurant

Suicide bomber strikes east Congo restaurant

Reuters
Posted at Dec 26 08:26 AM

A suicide bomber struck a restaurant in the city of Beni in east Congo on Sunday, killing at least five people as well as himself, officials said. Read more »

5 Chinese kidnapped in DR Congo after attack near mine

5 Chinese kidnapped in DR Congo after attack near mine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 10:57 PM

Gunmen killed a policeman and kidnapped five Chinese nationals near a mine in southeast Democratic Republic of Congo overnight. Read more »

COVID-19 kills 32 members of Congo's parliament

COVID-19 kills 32 members of Congo's parliament

Reuters
Updated as of May 28 10:56 PM

KINSHASA - Thirty-two members of parliament in the Democratic Republic of Congo, or about 5% of the total, have died from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, the vice president of the National Assembly said. Read more »

COVID-19 pushes Congo's children out of school, into domestic work

COVID-19 pushes Congo's children out of school, into domestic work

Jordan Mayenikini, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at May 27 09:34 AM

School closures and the economic fallout from the pandemic have left many minors across Congo and the world with no choice but to work to survive - from street vending to driving moto-taxis or selling sex, according to campaigners and officials. Read more »

Volcano death toll rises as aftershocks shake DR Congo

Volcano death toll rises as aftershocks shake DR Congo

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 24 09:14 PM

Twenty have died since Africa's most active volcano erupted on Saturday, spewing red-hot molten lava that engulfed houses in its wake. Read more »

Italian ambassador killed in DR Congo attack

Italian ambassador killed in DR Congo attack

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 22 10:32 PM

Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo was among three people killed on Monday when a UN convoy came under attack in the troubled east, DRC sources and the Italian government said. Read more »

Silver monolith appears in Congo, prompting suspicion and selfies

Silver monolith appears in Congo, prompting suspicion and selfies

Reuters
Posted at Feb 18 02:59 AM

A roundabout in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa has become the latest site occupied by a mystery monolith after similar objects in the United States and elsewhere caught the fancy of science-fiction fans.   Read more »

US warns of Ebola threat after Africa outbreaks

US warns of Ebola threat after Africa outbreaks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 17 08:04 AM

WASHINGTON - The United States on Tuesday warned that, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the world "cannot afford to turn the other way" after cases of Ebola were confirmed in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read more »

Guinea tracks potential Ebola contacts, says it can overcome new outbreak

Guinea tracks potential Ebola contacts, says it can overcome new outbreak

Saliou Samb, Reuters
Posted at Feb 16 04:52 PM

CONAKRY- Guinea is tracking down people who potentially had contact with Ebola patients and will rush vaccines to the affected area as soon as possible following at least three deaths from the disease, Health Minister Remy Lamah said on Monday.   Read more »

9 dead, many missing as boat capsizes near Congo capital

9 dead, many missing as boat capsizes near Congo capital

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 16 05:08 AM

Nine people have drowned and hundreds are potentially missing after a passenger boat sunk near the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, local officials said Monday. Read more »

Ebola: profile of a prolific killer

Ebola: profile of a prolific killer

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 11:00 AM

PARIS, France - Here are some fast facts on the Ebola virus that has plunged Guinea into an "epidemic situation" according to a senior health official, and which has killed more than 15,000 people since 1976. Read more »

Boat capsizes in Lake Albert, killing 26: Ugandan official

Boat capsizes in Lake Albert, killing 26: Ugandan official

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 26 12:01 AM

KAMPALA, Uganda - At least 26 people died when their boat sank on Lake Albert, which marks the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ugandan officials told AFP on Friday. Read more »

Around 50 feared dead in DR Congo mine collapse

Around 50 feared dead in DR Congo mine collapse

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 12 10:27 PM

A local resident who was at the scene, Jean Nondo, told AFP that "according to witnesses, there are more than 50 dead. There is only one survivor."   Read more »

Congo’s deadliest Ebola outbreak is declared over

Congo’s deadliest Ebola outbreak is declared over

Abdi Latif Dahir, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 26 07:07 AM

The second-worst Ebola outbreak in history is over, the World Health Organization said Thursday, after nearly two years and 2,280 deaths. Read more »

DR Congo reports fresh Ebola outbreak

DR Congo reports fresh Ebola outbreak

Samir Tounsi and Bienvenu-Marie Bakumanya, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 02 11:32 AM

KINSHASA - DR Congo reported a fresh Ebola outbreak in its northwest on Monday, the latest health emergency for a country already fighting an epidemic of the deadly fever in the east as well as a surging number of coronavirus infections. Read more »

NBA: Hornets' Biyombo donates COVID-19 supplies to DR Congo

NBA: Hornets' Biyombo donates COVID-19 supplies to DR Congo

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 16 06:42 AM

LOS ANGELES - Charlotte Hornets player Bismack Biyombo has donated $1 million in surgical masks and hazardous materials suits through his charity to his native DR Congo. Read more »

Democratic Republic of Congo confirms first coronavirus case

Democratic Republic of Congo confirms first coronavirus case

Reuters
Posted at Mar 11 02:26 AM

Democratic Republic of Congo confirmed its first case of coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa hit by the epidemic to seven. Read more »

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