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Symptoms of mystery ‘crying disease’ sweeping Congo that kills you in hours
Metro
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February 27, 2025
Congolese Red Cross staff don protective clothing before a mass burial (Picture: Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/Getty Images) The symptoms of a mystery illness sweeping across the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been revealed. More than 50 people...
A Deadly Unidentified Disease Has Emerged in the DRC
Wired
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February 27, 2025
A mysterious disease with Ebola-like symptoms has emerged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to the World Health Organization, the disease was first detected on January 21, and over the past five weeks hundreds have been infected...
EAC-SADC joint summit should deliver practical results for DRC crisis
The City Review
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February 5, 2025
By Ben Oduor There has been too much finger pointing over eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Crisis. And while all these happens, the lives of civilians have been put on the line, claiming hundred of lives on its trail. The World Health...
South Africa: What does Ramaphosa have to win — or lose — in the DRC crisis?
Deutsche Welle
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February 4, 2025
While the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East African Community (EAC) scramble toend the fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a war of words between South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his...
Only diplomacy can end DRC crisis, says security expert
The Citizen (South Africa)
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February 4, 2025
With 14 South African soldiers killed in the DRC, experts say a political solution is the only way forward and urge an SADC and AU troop withdrawal. Amid intensifying fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the death toll...
Rwandan-backed rebels in eastern DRC declare unilateral ceasefire
TRT World
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The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared a unilateral ceasefire, citing humanitarian grounds, but there was no sign of them giving up control of Goma at the heart of a region home to...
Unknown illness kills over 50 people in part of Congo within hours of symptoms: WHO
News9 Live
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February 27, 2025
Health News According to the WHO’s Africa office, the first outbreak in the town of Boloko began after three children ate a bat and died within 48 hours following hemorrhagic fever symptoms. Kinshasa: An unknown illness has killed over 50 people...
Merck Foundation Marks International Day of Girls & Women in Science 2025 by providing Over 1000 Scholarships to Women Medical Graduates
Africa.com
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February 11, 2025
Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, marks ‘International Day of Girls and Women in Science 2025’ together with African First Ladies, and their partners like African Ministries of Health,...
Mystery Congo Disease Leaves 50 People Dead: What We Know
Newsweek
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February 26, 2025
At least 50 people have died from a mystery illness discovered in three children who ate a dead bat, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Newsweek has contacted the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and...
What we know about the mystery illness that has killed 53 in Congo
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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February 27, 2025
More than 50 people have died from unidentified illnesses in north-western Congo, in the last five weeks, nearly half of them within hours after they felt sick. The outbreaks occurred in two distant villages in Congo’s Equateur province began and...
What we know about the deadly mystery illnesses affecting hundreds in Congo
The Sydney Morning Herald
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February 27, 2025
What are the symptoms? Congo’s Health Ministry said about 80 per cent of patients shared similar symptoms, including fever, chills, body aches and diarrhoea. While many common infections can cause these symptoms, health officials initially feared...
Trump sees Africa deal as key to reviving peacemaker claims as he pursues Nobel prize
The Globe and Mail
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June 26, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Members of the M23 rebel group in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in April. U.S. pressure helped halt an M23 offensive earlier this year.Arlette Bashizi/Reuters After orchestrating a bombing operation against...
Hundreds affected and 50 dead as mystery illnesses strike Congo villages
9News
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February 26, 2025
Unidentified illnesses in northwestern Congo have killed more than 50 people over the past five weeks, nearly half of them within hours after they felt sick. The outbreaks in two distant villages in Congo’s Equateur province began on January 21...
The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a city in Congo declare a unilateral ceasefire
NBC News
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February 4, 2025
The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s key city of Goma announced a unilateral ceasefire in the region Monday for humanitarian reasons, following calls for a safe corridor for aid and hundreds of thousands...
Unknown illness in Congo claims over 50 lives
The Express Tribune
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February 26, 2025
Listen to article A rapidly spreading and deadly mystery illness has claimed over 50 lives in northwestern Congo in the past five weeks, causing widespread concern among health experts. The disease, which was first detected in three children who...
DR Congo, Rwanda leaders to join summit on crisis in war-torn east
eNCA
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Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame will attend a summit on Saturday on the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where a Rwanda-backed armed group is advancing. M23 fighters and Rwandan soldiers...
Mystery illness kills 50 in DR Congo as WHO experts admit it's 'really worrying'
The Mirror US
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February 25, 2025
The DRC was struck by a violent outbreak of Mpox in October ( Image: Anadolu via Getty Images) A mysterious and "worrying" deadly disease has broken out in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), killing patients within 48 hours of symptoms...
Mystery illness kills 50 people in Congo
Tribune Online
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February 25, 2025
A rapidly spreading unknown illness has killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, with health experts struggling to identify the cause. According to the Africa office of the World Health Organization (WHO), the...
Hundreds of wounded continue to pour into Goma's overcrowded hospitals as fighting rages in DR Congo
Morning Star
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February 3, 2025
HUNDREDS of wounded people continued to pour into overcrowded hospitals in Goma today as fighting rages in the Democratic Republic of Congo between government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels. “They will get infected before we can treat them all,”...
Unidentified illnesses have killed over 50 people in Congo in last 5 weeks, WHO reports
LiveScience
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February 25, 2025
An unidentified illness has killed more than 50 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since mid-January, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Health officials reported the first cases of the mysterious disease in the...