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GOMA, DR Congo | Xinhua | The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) launched on Saturday a vaccination campaign against mpox in Goma, the capital of the eastern North Kivu province. Health authorities said the campaign primarily targets health workers and frontline stakeholders, as well as those in contact with …

KINSHASA, DR Congo | Xinhua | The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the “epicenter” of the ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa, will launch its first phase of the vaccination campaign on Oct. 2, the government announced late Friday. The vaccination effort, which runs until Oct. 11, follows the receipt …

KINSHASA, DR Congo | Xinhua | A first batch of 99,100 doses of mpox vaccines was delivered on Thursday to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the epicenter of the global health crisis. “In total, that will make 200,000 doses on Saturday. Today, we received 99,100 doses, and the …

KINSHASA, DR Congo | Xinhua | The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) decided to allocate 10 million U.S. dollars to contain the mpox outbreak, the DRC presidential office announced late Thursday via X. The announcement came after DRC President Felix Tshisekedi met with visiting WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. …

KINSHASA, DR Congo | Xinhua | People in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have lately been caught up in fresh fighting pitting government troops against two rebel groups, the March 23 Movement (M23) and the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). FIGHTING AGAINST ADF In Cantine, a village in …

KINSHASA, DR Congo  | Xinhua | Uncertainty and a humanitarian crisis loom in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), despite an extended truce until Aug. 3 between the DRC military and the Movement of March 23 (M23) rebellion, which controls nearly 100 villages in the eastern North Kivu …

Kasindi, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People Defence Forces-UPDF has handed over 22 people rescued from captivity of the Allied Democratic Forces-ADF-rebels. The abductees regained freedom following the UPDF and FARDC joint forces operation Shujja in Eastern DR. Congo. On Monday, senior army officers of both countries formally recived …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa | Xinhua | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday expressed his profound sadness at the deaths of two soldiers and injuries to 20 others in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The casualties of the South African National Defense Force (SANDF) members were inflicted by …

KINSHASA, DR Congo | Xinhua | Judith Suminwa Tuluka was sworn in early Wednesday as the first female prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with an “ambitious and detailed” action plan that will cost 92.9 billion U.S. dollars over the next five years. Before the National …

Uganda’s power cut as Kenya, DR Congo, S. Sudan spend more on armies COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2023 recorded the biggest percentage increase in military spending in the world, according to new data from SIPRI, the Sweden-based security think tank. DRC’s spending …