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Uganda and the DRC conflict: the interests driving Kampala’s involvement

The ambiguous and often tumultuous relations between Uganda and neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have made headlines in recent months. In a July 2024 report, the UN Group of Experts on the DRC stated that Ugandan army and intelligence officials were providing active support to the M23 rebel group.

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Congo To Receive First Mpox Vaccine Doses Next Week

Congo set to receive mpox vaccines with U.S. aid as WHO declares global emergency. New strain spreading in Africa, affecting children. Sweden reports first...

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Congo says it will receive its first mpox vaccines next week to address new global emergency

Congo's health minister says the country will receive the first vaccine doses to address its mpox outbreak next week from the United States

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What do we know about the resurgence of mpox in Africa?

Cases of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, have been detected in Sweden and Pakistan, just days after the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency in response to the resurgence of cases in Africa. The current outbreak is centered on the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the disease has…

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Congo's humanitarian crisis helped mpox spiral again into a global health emergency

A humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo is contributing to mpox outbreaks there and elsewhere in Africa that have been deemed a global health emergency by the World Health Organization

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Now that mpox is a global health emergency, will it trigger another pandemic?

The World Health Organization has declared the ongoing outbreaks of mpox in Congo and elsewhere in Africa to be a global emergency, requiring urgent action to curb the virus’ transmission

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Sweden Reports First Case Of More Infectious Mpox

First case of more infectious mpox from Congo confirmed in Sweden; global emergency declared by WHO.

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Sweden reports 1st case of more infectious form of mpox first identified in Congo

Swedish health officials say they have identified the first case of a person with the more infectious form of mpox that was first seen in eastern Congo

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WHO declares monkeypox a global public health emergency

The World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global public health emergency on Wednesday for the second time since 2022. Following a major outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that quickly spread to neighbouring countries, the WHO's highest level of alert will allow for more funding and research to help…

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WHO Declares Global Emergency For Mpox Outbreak In Africa

WHO declares global emergency as mpox outbreaks in Africa worsen, with new strain and vaccine shortage. Urgent international assistance needed to contain t...

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WHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency as a new form of the virus spreads

The World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency

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‘We are all on the front line’: DR Congo’s young women rebels take on M23

Self-defence militias called the Wazalendo are taking up arms against the M23 group that’s launching attacks in DRC.

Al Jazeera

Mpox has been declared a public health emergency in Africa. What is it and what's the WHO doing?

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared this week that the increasing spread of mpox across the continent is a health emergency, warning the virus might ultimately spill across international borders

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Africa's top health body declares monkeypox a 'public health emergency'

Mpox, the high infectious disease that used to be called monkeypox, has been declared a “public health emergency of continental security” by Africa’s top health body over an outbreak that spread from the Democratic Republic of Congo to neighbouring countries.

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A chess club for kids thrives in a Congo refugee camp. It’s about more than the game

In the midst of one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, a chess club for kids is thriving in a refugee camp in eastern Congo

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US pledges $424m in humanitarian aid to conflict-hit DRC

The United States has announced $424 million in aid and humanitarian assistance to the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is facing disaster as a result of armed violence in the east of the country.

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DR Congo military court sentences 26 armed group members to death

The Congolese government in March had lifted a moratorium on the death penalty that was in place since 2003.

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Congolese military court hands down death sentence to leader of rebel coalition and 25 others

A military court in Congo has sentenced 25 people, including the leader of a rebel coalition, to death

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Congo's president accuses former leader of backing a US-sanctioned rebel coalition

Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi is accusing former leader Joseph Kabila of backing a U.S.-sanctioned coalition of rebel groups

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Commodities giant Glencore is ordered to pay over $150M in wake of Congo mining bribery case

Federal prosecutors in Switzerland say they have found Glencore’s international unit “criminally liable” and ordered the commodities giant to pay over $150 million in fines and compensation after ending a probe of bribery involving Congo’s mining industry

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African Countries Facing Spike In Monkeypox Cases

Recent report reveals a 160% increase in monkeypox cases in Africa, highlighting the urgent need for interventions and international cooperation.

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Mpox cases have surged by 160% in Africa in the last year, but few treatments and vaccines available

African health officials say mpox cases have surged by 160% in the last year, warning the risk of further spread is high given the lack of treatments or vaccines on the continent

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UN welcomes DRC and Rwanda ceasefire, hopes for de-escalation of troops

The United Nations has welcomed a ceasefire agreed between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda in eastern DRC and said it hoped the deal could lead to a "de-escalation" of hostilities, a spokesperson said.

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Seven people killed in stampede at a music concert in Congo’s capital, authorities report

Authorities in Congo say a stampede at a music concert in the capital has killed seven people and injured many others

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Governor of eastern Congo's gold-rich province bans mining activities to 'restore order'

The governor of the South Kivu province in eastern Congo on Friday ordered the suspension of all mining activities in order to “restore order” in the mineral-rich region plagued by violence from armed groups

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