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Topic: Congo

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 »

Congo appeals for help after 150,000 hit by floods

Congo appeals for help after 150,000 hit by floods

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 18 12:02 AM

President Denis Sassou Nguesso said he was making an "urgent appeal to the international community" to help provide "a more effective response to the humanitarian situation which has arisen." Read more »

US tech giants sued over cobalt mine child labor deaths

US tech giants sued over cobalt mine child labor deaths

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 17 08:28 PM

Five US tech giants including Apple, Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet have been named in a lawsuit over the death of child laborers in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read more »

Tesla, Apple among firms accused of aiding child labor in Congo

Tesla, Apple among firms accused of aiding child labor in Congo

Matthew Lavietes, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Dec 17 08:12 AM

The legal complaint on behalf of 14 families from Congo was filed on Sunday by International Rights Advocates, a US-based human rights non-profit, against Tesla Inc, Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc, Microsoft Corp and Dell Technologies Inc..   Read more »

Ebola spreads in Congo after militants attack treatment camp: WHO

Ebola spreads in Congo after militants attack treatment camp: WHO

Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Posted at Dec 13 11:15 PM

Militia fighters in eastern Congo killed four people and wounded several in attacks on two Ebola response centers two weeks ago, in what responders described as a serious setback to efforts to contain the epidemic. Read more »

Congolese warlord 'Terminator' gets harshest ever ICC sentence

Congolese warlord 'Terminator' gets harshest ever ICC sentence

Sara Magniette, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 07 09:29 PM

Fighters loyal to him carried out atrocities such as a massacre in a banana field behind a village in which at least 49 people including children and babies were disemboweled or had their heads smashed in. Read more »

Warlord faces life in prison over mass rape in DR Congo

Warlord faces life in prison over mass rape in DR Congo

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 29 04:05 AM

DR Congo military prosecutors on Monday requested life imprisonment for a warlord accused of leading the mass rape of hundreds of people, including children, in the central African country's volatile east. Read more »

Ebola death toll in east Congo outbreak climbs above 2,000

Ebola death toll in east Congo outbreak climbs above 2,000

Djaffar Al Katanty and Aaron Ross, Reuters
Posted at Aug 30 06:18 PM

GOMA, CONGO - The death toll from Democratic Republic of Congo's year-long Ebola outbreak has climbed above 2,000, government data showed on Friday, as responders battle to overcome community mistrust and widespread security problems. Read more »

FIBA: Gilas falls to Congo, misses out on chance to play Spain

FIBA: Gilas falls to Congo, misses out on chance to play Spain

Paul Lintag, ABS-CBN Sports
Posted at Aug 10 03:54 PM

The Philippines dropped a 71-82 decision to Congo early Saturday morning in the Torneo de Malaga, the team’s first loss in its Spain training camp in preparation for the 2019 FIBA World Cup. Read more »

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