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#VOA: “New Vaccine Might Be Game-Changer in DRC’s Ebola Fight”

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The Ebola outbreak that has killed more than two dozen people in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo could be as devastating as the one that hit West Africa several years ago, if left unchecked.

But first responders say things are different this time. That’s in large part thanks to a vaccine they couldn’t use in late 2013, when Ebola cases were first reported in Guinea.

The…

Calisto Radithipa Interview with Calisto RadithipaFOUNDER and CEO, KEMCORE Lives in: Cape Town, South Africa Calisto Radithipa has built Kemcore into a key supplier to Zambia and DRC’s copper and cobalt mines. Calisto Radithipa was born in Marobela village in eastern Botswana, near the Zimbabwean border. In 2001, with local universities full, he received a government bursary to study finance at…

In the early hours of the morning, Baraka, a young boy, wanders through the streets of Goma. He takes a wrong turn and runs into bandits. Back home, his father flicks through TV channels while his mother counts bags of flour. No one speaks. The silence is broken only by crackles on the radio. Baraka and the Unpredictable Life of Goma is published in The Continent, a pan-African e-paper By…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, millions of schoolchildren returned to class on the first day of the new school year. This return is especially significant in the eastern region, marking the first since territories in North and South Kivu were taken over. Despite doubts about whether schools would open, the students showed up. Report by Aurélie Bazzara-Kibangula, Fidèle Kitsa and Emmet…

[ASIA] The resurgence of conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has drawn renewed international attention following M23’s swift capture of Goma and Bukavu in late January 2025. In response, global actors have called for an immediate ceasefire and direct negotiations. Notably, Qatar and the United States have stepped forward as emerging mediators. This new momentum offers a rare…

DRC’s Goma city ‘spared’ as lava from volcano halts: Official

Region’s military governor says the lava flow stopped on the outskirts of the eastern city as thousands evacuated Goma. A river of boiling lava from the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo has come to a halt outside Goma, sparing the city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the military governor of the region said on Sunday. After a volcanic eruption that sent thousands fleeing during the…