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    20 bodies recovered from DR Congo river after ferry blaze

    28 Dec 2019

    The boat, which was transporting dozens of passengers as well as goods, caught fire overnight Monday in Tshimbinda, a village near Tshikapa, the capital of the central province of Kasai.

    Landslide in Congo kills at least 17

    18 Sep 2023

    The disaster took place along the Congo River in the town of Lisal in northwestern Mongala province, according to Matthieu Mole, president of the civil society organisation Forces Vives. The victims lived in homes that were built at the foot of a mountain.

    Congo militiamen kill 20 at displaced persons camp

    30 Nov 2021

    They blamed the attack on the CODECO militia, which has killed hundreds of civilians in Congo's Ituri province and forced thousands to flee their homes in the last few years.

    Second Ebola patient dies in northwestern Congo: WHO

    26 Apr 2022

    The first patient began showing symptoms on April 5, but did not seek treatment for more than a week. He was admitted to an Ebola treatment centre in Mbandaka, the capital of Congo's Equateur province, on April 21 and died later that day.

    VIDEO: Workers rescue others trapped inside a collapsed mine in DR Congo

    26 Mar 2023

    The Congo produces 70% of the world's cobalt, an essential part of the lithium-ion batteries that give electric vehicles the range and durability needed. Cobalt mines often collapse.

    DR Congo leader hopes to eradicate Ebola in his country by December

    15 Nov 2019

    The epidemic began in August 2018 in North Kivu province before spreading to neighbouring Ituri and South Kivu -- a remote and largely lawless region bordering Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.

    Second Ebola vaccine introduced in DR Congo

    14 Nov 2019

    Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday introduced a second vaccine to fight the deadly Ebola virus in the east of the country, the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charity said.

    Congolese ‘Terminator’ faces war crimes judgment

    08 Jul 2019

    The International Criminal Court is on Monday to pass judgement on Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda, dubbed the “Terminator” for allegedly masterminding massacres and using children in his rebel army.

    Court convicts Congo’s Ntaganda of war crimes

    08 Jul 2019

    Judges at the International Criminal Court on Monday convicted Bosco Ntaganda, a former Congolese military leader, on charges of atrocities including murder, rape and conscripting child soldiers.

    Singapore seizes ivory from nearly 300 elephants in record haul

    23 Jul 2019

    “The seized pangolin scales and elephant ivory will be destroyed to prevent them from re-entering the market,” the Singapore Customs, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority and the National Parks Board said,

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