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Republic of the Congo to vaccinate 4 mln people against yellow fever

The Republic of the Congo’s Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee for Immunization adopted Saturday a plan to implement the preventive vaccination campaign against yellow fever. According to the committee, this campaign aims to reach at least four million people aged between 9 and 60. “Our country is part of the yellow fever epidemic belt,” the country’s Minister of Health and Population Gilbert…

AU, ECOWAS chiefs hold meeting on Mali situation

FILE PHOTO: UN peacekeepers standing guard near Timbuktu’s airport in Mali, February 4, 2016. /VCG Photo The Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi who is also the President of the African Union on Tuesday held a meeting with his Ghanaian counterpart Nana Akufo-Addo who is also serving as the President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), for talks on the…

At least 19 Killed in clashes in Eastern DR Congo

Congolese soldiers patrol near Beni in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.PHOTO/AP

At least 19 people have been killed over several days of clashes between militias in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to experts and a local official.

The fighting between rival militias “left 19 dead including two civilians and 17 combatants”, one of the experts in the Hauts Plateaux…

ADF attacks in DR Congo may constitute war crimes: UN Human Rights office

FILE PHOTO: Democratic Republic of Congo military personnel (FARDC) on patrol against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) and the National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (NALU) rebels near Beni in North-Kivu province. REUTERS

The attacks committed by the Allied Democratic Forces, a militia that operates in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo may constitute war crimes, a report…

Tanzanie : Déborah Kihanga, chante pour les massacres à l’Est de la RDC

La chanteuse du gospel vivant en Tanzanie mais d’origine congolaise, Déborah Kihanga, s’est exprimée dans sa nouvelle chanson adressée à la population vivant à l’Est de la République Démocratique du Congo, sur les tueries incessantes qui se passent dans cette partie du pays.

Née à Butembo mais évoluant aux côtés de Boni Mwaitege en Tanzanie pendant plusieurs années, Déborah dit avoir été…

Werrason kufanya kazi na Christian Bella

Msanii Supersatar wa Congo Noël Ngiama Makanda alimaarufu kama Werrason amekubali kufanya kazi na msanii wa muziki wa bongo fleva Christian Bella baada ya kumkubali kutokana na uwezo wake na kazi zake.

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