Tag: Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo begins vaccination campaign against mpox virus
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the focus of the current outbreak of mpox, began this Saturday the vaccination campaign against the disease in the province of North Kivu, in the northeast of the country. RELATED: DR Congo: First Batch of Mpox Vaccines Received The Congolese Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Welfare […]
October 5, 2024
DRC at the UN Rejects the Hate Speeches and the Theft of Resources
The president of the Democratic People’s Republic of the Congo, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, defended on Wednesday multilateralism and respect for a rules-based world, key issues to preserve global peace and prosperity, while rejecting the rise in speeches that promote armed aggression and the plunder of natural resources. Related:DR Congo: Death Penalty for 37 Accused of […]
September 25, 2024
DR Congo: Death Penalty for 37 Accused of a Failed Coup D’état
The military court in the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Kinshasa, sentenced 37 of the 51 accused for an attempted coup d’état on 19 May to death this Friday, including three American citizens. Related:DR Congo: First Batch of Mpox Vaccines Received The 37 convicted persons were found guilty of criminal association, […]
September 13, 2024
WHO Launches $135 Million Plan to Halt Mpox Transmission in Six Months
The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday that the UN institution has drawn up a six-month plan to tackle outbreaks of mpox disease in Africa which requires 135 million dollars in aid. RELATED: DRC: Mpox Spreads Amid the Arrival of the First Vaccines WHO’s plan includes ramping […]
August 26, 2024
UN Supports Mission to Intervene in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The initiative for the resolution came from Sierra Leone and France.
August 8, 2024
DR Congo: 1,200 Inmates Conditional Released, Prison Overcrowding
A decongestion commission was set up to examine the cases of prisoners eligible for conditional release. Prisoners arrested for embezzlement of public funds will not be eligible, said the minister.
July 28, 2024
WHO Raises Alarm Over Malnutrition Crisis in DRC
The Health Organization said this was the result of widespread, growing and recurring food insecurity in areas affected by years of conflict.
July 12, 2024
China Confirms the Death of 6 Citizens in the Congo by a Terrorist Attack
In addition to those killed, another group of Chinese and Congolese workers is missing.
July 5, 2024
DRC: Violence and Fear Reign in North Kivu Province
According to local sources, the rebels looted the Kanyabayonga reference health center, from which they took a large quantity of medicines, laboratory equipment, computers, mattresses and other valuables.
July 3, 2024
Who Calls to Urgently Address Strain of Monkeypox
So far this year, 8600 cases of smallpox and 410 deaths have been recorded in Congo-Kinshasa.