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Cholera Emergency Declared in DR Congo Capital
Sada Elbalad
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July 5, 2025
Sat 05 Jul 2025 | 06:30 PM The Democratic Republic of Congo has declared a state of maximum alert in the capital, Kinshasa, following a significant surge in cholera infections, placing nearly 15 million people at risk. President Félix Tshisekedi...
Paul Kagame casts doubt on peace agreement with DRC, questions regional leadership and avoids domestic accountability
The Rwandan
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July 4, 2025
KIGALI, July 4, 2025 — Speaking to the press for the first time in weeks, Rwandan President Paul Kagame used the 31st anniversary of the Rwandan Patriotic Front’s (RPF) rise to power to deliver a calculated message: his government will comply with...
Double Burden of Malnutrition and Validity of Overweight/Obesity Indicators Among Students in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Cross Sectional Study From the University of Kinshasa
Dove Medical Press
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June 28, 2025
Jean-Robert Makulo,1 Trésor Tshiswaka Mutombo,2 Ramsès Kamitalu Kabongo,3 Audace Kilolo Tunda,4 Ernest Kiswaya Sumaili,1 Christian Kisoka Lusunsi,2 Beni Beni Kasangwala,3 Christian Mulundu Lakwon,3 Benit Boluta,3 Guvanie Lubamba Mubiala,3 Tatiana...
Rwanda president unsure if DRC peace deal will hold, warns against ‘tricks’
Al Jazeera
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July 4, 2025
Paul Kagame gives cautious welcome to US-brokered agreement, but says success depends on goodwill from warring parties. Rwandan President Paul Kagame has cautiously welcomed a United States-brokered peace deal with the Democratic Republic of the...
DRC : a military drone shoots down a humanitarian plane in Minembwe – AFC denounces a “war crime” against the Banyamulenge
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, July 1, 2025 — A civilian plane carrying medicines was shot down by a Congolese military drone as it approached the Kiziba airstrip (Minembwe), in Fizi territory, South Kivu province. The incident, which occurred on...
How Charities Are Adapting to Congo’s New Reality
ImpACT International
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to endure one of the most protracted and complex humanitarian crises in the world. In January 2025, the situation sharply deteriorated when the armed group M23 launched an offensive in North...
Holding the Line: The Humanitarian Crisis in the DRC
Borgen Magazine
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July 3, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom — In January 2025, the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) escalated when the armed group M23 began advancing in North Kivu. Charities in the region are facing mounting difficulties in delivering aid,...
Momentum Builds In The Fight To End Neglected Tropical Diseases As Kigali Declaration Marks Third Anniversary
Africa.com
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July 2, 2025
Over 80 countries and organisations in Africa have declared their commitment to ending the suffering caused by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), a group of diseases that affect more than one billion people globally, primarily in vulnerable...
Fighting resumes in DRC after 3 days of peace agreement
Independent (Uganda)
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July 2, 2025
Some of M23 figthters on Duty in North Kivu province. FILE PHOTO URN Kinshasa, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | Fierce fighting between the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), alongside allied...
USAID cancelled rape survivor kits for Congo as conflict erupted
The Straits Times
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July 1, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Internally displaced Congolese women prepare vegetables outside their houses after they fled, following clashes between fighters linked Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Congo-based rebel group and the Armed Forces of the Democratic...
USAID Cancelled Rape Survivor Kits for Congo
Medscape
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July 1, 2025
(This story has been refiled to change the picture) (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration cancelled a major contract to supply emergency kits for rape survivors in Congo as violence surged in the east this year, leaving thousands...
Exclusive-USAID cancelled rape survivor kits for Congo as conflict erupted
WKZO - Michigan
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July 1, 2025
By Jessica Donati and Sonia Rolley (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration cancelled a major contract to supply emergency kits for rape survivors in Congo as violence surged in the east this year, leaving thousands without access...
DRC lauds the African Court’s handling its case against Rwanda
Daily News Tanzania
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June 27, 2025
ARUSHA: THE African Court for Human and Peoples’ Rights has asserted that it has the jurisdiction to handle the court case filed by the Democratic Republic of Congo against Rwanda, with the former accusing the latter of fueling conflicts in the...
Dr. Rasha Kelej Drives An Impactful Change In Public Health Landscape In Africa And Beyond By Providing 2282 Scholarships To Doctors From 52 Countries
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 30, 2025/APO Group/ -- Merck Foundation ( ), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany marks “World Health Day” 2025 in partnership with Africa's First Ladies...
Experts Say DR Congo-Rwanda Peace Deal Could Ease Crisis for Millions
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN) Experts voiced cautious optimism following the signing of a new peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, hoping it will mark a turning point in resolving the protracted conflict that has ravaged eastern Congo...
DR Congo-Rwanda peace deal explained: Will Qatar, US efforts end the world's deadliest humanitarian crisis?
The Week
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The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda signed a United States-brokered peace agreement on Friday. The deal signed by the countries’ foreign ministers at the State Department in Washington DC would end the year-long fighting between the two...
DR Congo: Denis Mukwege Slams Washington Peace Deal as Betrayal of National Sovereignty
The Rwandan
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June 28, 2025
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, 27 June 2025 – On the eve of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s 65th Independence Day, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr Denis Mukwege delivered a scathing criticism of the peace agreement signed a day earlier between Kinshasa...
Bavarian Nordic initiates clinical trials of mpox vaccine in infants and pregnant women
Pharmabiz.com
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Bavarian Nordic A/S, a global vaccine company with a mission to improve health and save lives through innovative vaccines, has announced the initiation of the first of two clinical trials designed to support approval and use of the MVA-BN...
Roundup: DR Congo, Rwanda sign peace deal to end regional bloody turmoil
Xinhua News Agency
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KINSHASA/WASHINGTON, June 28 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda signed a historic peace agreement in Washington on Friday, marking a turning point in efforts to end years of armed conflict and humanitarian crisis in...
DR Congo, Rwanda sign peace deal to end regional bloody turmoil
Xinhua News Agency
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United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher (4th L) meets with leaders of the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group and the Congo River Alliance in Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic...