Rebel group in Congo generates $300,000 monthly in seized mining area, UN official says
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An armed rebel group in Congo generates around $300,000 a month in revenue through its control of a ...
AC Milan in talks to promote war-torn DRC as tourist destination
According to people familiar with the talks, the Congolese government has approved a multimillion dollar three-year sponsorship of the football club. Under the agreement, the club would promote Congo, ...
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Doctors aid group says Congo had 25,000 victims of sexual violence last year
KINSHASA, Congo — Doctors Without Borders treated more than 25,000 victims of sexual violence in the Congo last year, by far the highest level it has seen there and most of it in the east where ...
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Congo gets first desperately needed mpox vaccines, but vaccination campaign faces huge challenges
Johannesburg — The Democratic Republic of Congo, at the epicenter of a global health emergency declared over a still-growing mpox outbreak, received a first delivery of 99,000 vaccines for the ...
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3 Americans among dozens sentenced to death in Congo coup attempt
A military court in Congo handed down death sentences Friday to 37 people, including three Americans, after convicting them on charges of taking part in a coup attempt. The defendants, most of ...
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Congo Cancels $1.2 Billion ID System Contract After Costs Spiral
The Democratic Republic of Congo canceled a $1.2 billion project to set up a national biometric ID system, months after a government watchdog warned of cost overruns and possible funding ...
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Congo receives long-awaited mpox vaccine doses
UN has declared mpox a global health emergency Congo is at the centre of the outbreak Country had been unable to get widely available vaccine Doses now going to wherever they are needed most ...
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2 Paralympic athletes from Congo reported missing after their competitions
Congolese shot putter Mireille Nganga and sprinter Emmanuel Grace Mouambako went missing shortly after competing in the 2024 Paralympic Games, according to French media reports Thursday.
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At least 129 inmates died during an attempted jailbreak in Congo, many of them in a stampede
An attempted jailbreak in Congo’s main prison left 129 people dead, including some who were shot and others who died in a stampede at the overcrowded facility, authorities said Tuesday.
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Congo court sentences 3 Americans and 34 others to death on coup charges
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A military court in Congo handed down death sentences Friday to 37 people, including three Americans, after convicting them on charges of participating in a coup attempt.
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Dozens Die in Congo Jailbreak Attempt After Stampede and Gunfire
Makala is the only prison in Kinshasa, Congo’s capital and one of Africa’s most populous cities. Its intended capacity is 1,500 people but it holds at least 15,000, Congo’s deputy minister ...
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Three Americans Sentenced to Death for Failed Congo Coup
The punishments were handed down months after the Democratic Republic of Congo lifted a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty. By Ruth Maclean Reporting from Dakar, Senegal Three American ...