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Forced to flee Congo, USAID workers lost everything. They’re suing Trump.
News India Times
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February 16, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Civilians carry their belongings as they flee from the Nzulo camp for the internally displaced to Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo January 22, 2025. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File PhotoJan. 28 began as a normal day for “Marcus Doe,” an...
Mystery illness kills dozens in Congo after children ate bat
Global News
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February 26, 2025
By Jean-yves Kamale The Associated Press Posted February 26, 2025 9:10 am 1 min read An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, health...
What is the mystery illness causing deaths in the Congo?
Indy100
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February 26, 2025
Health experts have issued a warning about an unknown illness that has killed over 50 people in northwestern Congo in the last five weeks. The illness was initially found in three children who had eaten a bat. Serge Ngalebato, medical director of...
Mystery illness in Congo kills over 50 people
CGTN
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Headquarters of WHO, Geneva, Switzerland. /VCG Headquarters of WHO, Geneva, Switzerland. /VCG An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five...
M23 rebels troops seize key city Bukavu amid mounting fears of Congo’s disintegration
Firstpost
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February 16, 2025
Columns of M23 fighters, backed by Rwandan troops advanced into the center of another key city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, as the African Union warned of growing concerns over the country’s potential fragmentation. The armed...
Mystery deadly disease kills over 50 people in Congo
The Times of India
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February 25, 2025
A mysterious and deadly illness is sweeping through northwestern Congo at an alarming rate, and has claimed over 50 lives. Doctors on the ground and the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Monday that the victims succumb to the disease...
Mystery illness worries doctors after 50 people die in Congo within hours of symptoms
The Independent
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February 25, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Unknown illness kills more than 50 people in Congo within hours of first symptoms
The Independent
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February 25, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Mystery illness in Congo has killed more than 50 people hours after they felt sick
The Globe and Mail
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February 25, 2025
An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, health experts say. The interval between the onset of symptoms – which include fever,...
Congo's Disease X: What we know
Deutsche Welle
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December 10, 2024
Initial lab analyses suggest the mysterious disease spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo could be malaria, though authorities still believe more than one infection may be involved in the outbreak. World Health Organization (WHO)...
Congo mystery illness: What we know
Deutsche Welle
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December 10, 2024
It's almost impossible to treat an illness like the current disease that's spreading in Democratic Republic of Congo — medics don't even know whether it is a viral or bacterial infection. So far, Congo has recorded 406 cases of the undiagnosed...
Unknown illness kills over 50 people in Congo
Africanews
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February 25, 2025
An unknown illness has killed over 50 people in northwestern Congo, according to doctors on the ground and the World Health Organization on Monday. The interval between the onset of symptoms and death has been 48 hours in most cases, and "that’s...
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‘Death within 48 hours’: Mystery illness kills 53 in Congo, WHO says first outbreak after kids ate a bat
Firstpost
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February 25, 2025
A mysterious illness has killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo, news agency AP reported, citing doctors and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday. Serge Ngalebato, the medical director of Bikoro Hospital, a regional monitoring...
Can the Lobito Corridor Help the DRC?
Disruption Banking
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February 14, 2025
In 2023 The United States and the European Union started new efforts to secure access to critical mineral resources in Africa. As our readers know, the Democratic Republic of Congo or DRC is one of the most mineral rich countries in the world. It...
M23’s capture of Goma is the latest chapter in eastern Congo’s long-running war
The Conversation
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February 12, 2025
At a recent summit in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, leaders of eight African states released a statement calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The statement comes after a flareup in fighting in...
Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks
GhanaWeb
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February 12, 2025
A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a little over a week after it took control of the region’s largest city Goma. Clashes between the rebel coalition...
The fall of Bukavu: Rwanda, M23 and the fight for influence in eastern DRC
Mail & Guardian
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February 21, 2025
On guard: A South African soldier in the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (John Wessels/AFP) M23 rebels captured Bukavu, the capital of the eastern DRC’s South Kivu province, on 16 February with little resistance...
Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part
KTVZ - Oregon
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February 12, 2025
(CNN) — A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a little over a week after it took control of the region’s largest city Goma. Clashes between the rebel...
As Rwanda-Backed Insurgents Wage War in Congo, Western Nations Stay Silent
Truthout
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February 20, 2025
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 insurgents, who have already taken two key cities in the mineral-rich eastern part of the country, is triggering panic. Reports of the surge describe widespread looting,...
Islamist Terror in the Congo: 70 Beheaded Christians Added to the Ranks of Martyrs
The European Conservative
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March 4, 2025
On February 13th, Islamic militants rounded up 70 Christians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), took them to a church, and then beheaded all 70 of them. The militants are suspected to be members of the Islamist “Allied Democratic...