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Dozens died when a boat capsized in eastern Congo

In tonight's edition, At least 78 people died when an overcrowded boat capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday. Also, Kinshasa will begin a vaccination campaign on Saturday, three days later than planned. And The Zimbabwean government will this month pay an initial $20 million to foreign white…

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Congolese authorities launch investigations into deadly boat accidents

Congolese authorities have launched investigations into two recent deadly boat accidents, including the capsizing of an overcrowded boat on Lake Kivu on Thursday which killed at least 78 people

The Independent UK

Deadly Boat Capsizes On Lake Kivu In Congo

Tragic boat capsizing on Lake Kivu in Congo underscores safety concerns and prompts calls for enhanced measures to prevent future tragedies.

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Boat capsizes in eastern Congo lake, killing at least 50 people, witnesses say

A boat has capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo, killing at least 50 people

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Sex Workers In Congo Struggle Amid Mpox Outbreak

Learn about the challenges faced by sex workers and miners in Kamituga, Congo, during the mpox outbreak.

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Sex workers hit by Congo’s mpox outbreak say their only option is to keep working

Sex workers insist that despite risks of reinfection or spreading the virus, they have no choice

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Rebel group in Congo generates $300,000 monthly in seized mining areas, UN says

An armed rebel group in Congo generates around $300,000 a month in revenue through its control of a mining area in the east of the country, the U.N. Security Council heard

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Doctors Without Borders Treats 25,000 Sexual Violence Victims In Congo

Doctors Without Borders reports surge in sexual violence cases in Congo due to armed conflict, urging urgent humanitarian intervention.

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Doctors Without Borders raises alarm on 'unprecedented' sexual violence in Congo

Doctors Without Borders says it has treated an “unprecedented” number of victims of sexual violence in Congo last year

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Rwanda's army and an armed group shelled displaced people camps in Congo, rights group says

A leading rights group says Rwanda’s army and a militia it backs shelled camps for displaced people in eastern Congo

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DR Congo accuses Rwanda of aiding armed groups in East African court case

DRC accuses Rwanda of violating its sovereignty and territorial integrity by sending troops to help armed groups.

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Congo accuses Rwanda before an East Africa court of helping rebels fight Congolese forces

A regional court in East Africa is hearing a case filed by Congo against neighboring Rwanda, accusing it of violating Congo’s sovereignty and territorial integrity by sending troops to help rebels in the country’s east

The Independent UK

Rwandan forces and M23 rebels accused of shelling civilians in DR Congo

The NGO Human Rights Watch has accused the Rwandan army and the M23 armed group of "indiscriminately bombing" displacement camps around Goma, the capital of North Kivu, as unrest in the eastern DRC intensifies.

Radio France Internationale

Protesters in Congo call for the release of political prisoners, including 3 top opposition figures

Hundreds have protested in front of Congo’s top court to demand the release of political prisoners, including the country’s three most prominent opposition figures imprisoned on charges the opposition says are politically motivated

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A Trump campaign on a losing trajectory

Talk of Haitian immigrants eating pets in Springfield conceals Trump's tour of sundown towns in battleground states

Radio France Internationale

WHO reports 30,000 suspected mpox cases in Africa, mainly in DRC

Nearly 30,000 suspected mpox cases have been reported in Africa so far this year, most of them in Democratic Republic of Congo where tests have run out, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

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Thousands of ill inmates released from Congo's main prison to ease overcrowding

Congo's minister of justice says nearly 1,700 ill inmates have been released from the country's largest prison as part of an effort to thin out Congo's overcrowded prisons

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Congo Releases 600 Prisoners To Ease Overcrowding

600 prisoners, including women and minors, released from overcrowded Makala Central Prison in Congo. Efforts made to address poor conditions and overcrowdi...

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Congo frees 600 inmates at main prison in a bid to ease overcrowding

Authorities in Congo say 600 prisoners in the country's main prison have been freed as part of a process aimed at decongesting overcrowded prisons

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Rwanda begins vaccinations against mpox amid a call for more doses for Africa

The African health agency says that Rwanda has started a vaccination campaign against mpox with 1,000 doses it obtained from Nigeria

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Why is Congo struggling to contain mpox?

Health authorities have struggled to contain outbreaks of mpox in Congo, a huge central African country where a myriad of existing problems makes stemming the spread particularly hard

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A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads

Congo's South Kivu province is at the epicenter of the world’s latest mpox outbreak, in what the World Health Organization has called a global health emergency

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Families of Americans ensnared in DRC coup plot assert their innocence

Young Americans face death penalty for ‘amateurish’ assault in Congo that was led by one of their fathers

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Americans Sentenced To Death In Congo Coup Attempt Appeal

Three Americans sentenced to death in Congo for alleged coup involvement; lawyer appeals. Congo reinstated death penalty after two decades.

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