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Italian ambassador to DR Congo killed in UN convoy attack

Ihesiulo Grace 22 February 2021 0

Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed in an attack in the east of the country, its foreign ministry has said. Luca Attanasio, 43, died in hospital on Monday after the United Nations convoy he was travelling in came under fire near Goma, a statement said.

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23 killed, 70 injured in DR Congo flash floods

Ihesiulo Grace 18 April 2020 0

At least 23 people have died and 70 were injured on Friday in floods caused by heavy rainstorms in eastern Congo, officials have said. Kiza Muhato, mayor of the city of Uvira, told dpa that at least 23 people, including five children, had been killed in the Mulonge district of the city. “The material damage […]

Health

WHO appeals for $20m to fight Ebola in Congo

Ihesiulo Grace 6 March 2020 0

The World Health Organisation said Friday it needs $20 million to fight Ebola in DR Congo, even as the end of the devastating 19-month epidemic finally seemed within grasp.  While the world’s attention has been focused on the coronavirus, the last patient being treated for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo was discharged on […]

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Women hold key to sustainable peace in Nigeria and DR Congo, says UN deputy chief

Ihesiulo Grace 26 August 2017 0

Conclusion emanating from a recent United Nations Security Council meeting on “Peace & Security in Africa” has it that investing in women and the girl child, must be central to global efforts towards sustainable peace and development in both Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The declaration was made on August 10, […]

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2 UN Peacekeepers Killed in DR Congo Ambush

Ihesiulo Grace 7 May 2015 0

Two U.N. peacekeepers from Tanzania were killed in the eastern part of the  Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday when their patrol was ambushed in an area where government forces are fighting Ugandan rebels, the country’s U.N. mission said.   The peacekeepers were attacked in the village of Kikiki, about 50 kilometers north of […]

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Nigeria, DR Congo Have the Highest Record of Malaria Globally– (LSMDA)

Ihesiulo Grace 24 April 2015 0

Lagos State Medicine Dealers Association (LSMDA), on Thursday, in Lagos, said research has shown that Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, have the highest cases of malaria all over the world. In a statement issued and signed by the president of the association, Chief Kelvnson Emeka Okpara, on the occasion of 2015 World Malaria […]

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UN Urges DR Congo to Exhume Mass Grave

Ihesiulo Grace 17 April 2015 0

The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has asked the government, on Wednesday, to exhume more than 400 bodies buried last month in a mass grave, the head of the organisation’s human rights office said. Local authorities in the capital, Kinshasa, have said they buried 421 corpses overnight on March 19 in the […]

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DR Congo Detains US Diplomat

Ihesiulo Grace 17 March 2015 0

Democratic Republic of Congo’s security forces detained a US diplomat on Sunday in a raid that also targeted journalists and regional democracy activists and accused them of posing a threat to stability, a government spokesperson said.   The diplomat “was found among a group of people that was believed to be in the process of […]