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Mass expulsions from Angola have put thousands of Congolese at risk in Democratic Republic of Congo – Bachelet
African Press Organization
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October 26, 2018
Download logo UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday warned that the mass deportation of Congolese nationals from Angola has already resulted in serious human rights violations by security forces on both sides of the...
In a year of deepening hunger, World Food Programme (WFP) reaches a record 5 million people in Democratic Republic of Congo
African Press Organization
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December 20, 2018
Download logo With widening violence, largescale displacement, poor harvests and endemic poverty nearly doubling the number of acutely food insecure people in DRC this year to 13.1 million, the World Food Programme (WFP) significantly expanded its...
Joint Communique on The Occasion of the Working Visit of The South African President to The Democratic Republic of Congo
African Press Organization
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August 14, 2018
Download logo Joint Communique on The Occasion of the Working Visit of The South African President to The Democratic Republic of Congo: 1. His Excellency Joseph KABILA KABANGE, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, received His Excellency...
Angola to facilitates Direct Negotiations Between DRC Government and M23
EIN Presswire
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March 13, 2025
HUNTERSVILLE, NC, UNITED STATES, March 13, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Angola has announced a plan to facilitate direct negotiations between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government and the rebel group M23, in an effort to bring an end...
Progress toward Democratic Republic of Congo's Elections
African Press Organization
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August 10, 2018
Download logo Progress toward DRC's Elections: Press Statement Heather Nauert Department Spokesperson Washington, DC August 9, 2018 In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the ruling coalition’s announcement of a consensus candidate other than...
Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo
African Press Organization
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August 8, 2018
Download logo Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo: Cumulative case count as of 6 Aug: • Confirmed: 16 • Probable: 27 • Total cases: 43 • Total deaths: 34 • Under the leadership of the Minister of Health, WHO and its key partners - including...
Nord Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: Ebola epidemic spreads further into urban communities and isolated areas
African Press Organization
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December 4, 2018
This is DRC’s tenth and most serious epidemic of Ebola since the virus was discovered in 1976 near the Ebola River in what was then called Zaire. Forty years later, despite a massive and coordinated mobilization by the World Health Organization...
Democratic Republic of Congo: Press Statement attributable to Heather Nauert, United States Department of State Spokesperson on Government Repression and Violence Against Peaceful Protesters
African Press Organization
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January 25, 2018
Press Statement attributable to Heather Nauert, United States Department of State Spokesperson on Government Repression and Violence Against Peaceful Protesters: We condemn in the strongest terms the violence perpetrated by DRC security forces on...
President Cyril Ramaphosa departs Zambia for The Democratic Republic of Congo
African Press Organization
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August 10, 2018
Download logo President Cyril Ramaphosa today, 10 August 2018, has departed from the Republic of Zambia ahead of his Working Visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo. This follows a successful working visit to the Republic of Zambia where both...
World Food Programme Launches food assistance for Ebola affected people in Democratic Republic of Congo
African Press Organization
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June 7, 2018
Distributions of World Food Programme rations have begun in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s Ebola-hit Equateur Province as part of an effort to support those directly affected by the latest outbreak of the deadly virus and limit risky...
World Food Programme Statement on United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) Accident in Remote Area of Democratic Republic of Congo
African Press Organization
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May 31, 2018
World Food Programme Statement on United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) Accident in Remote Area of Democratic Republic of Congo: A Cessna Caravan airplane operated by the WFP-run United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) was...
Media Advisory: 9th high-level meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the region
African Press Organization
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October 2, 2018
Download logo WHAT 9th high-level meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the region The Republic of Uganda, in coordination with the United Nations (UN) and the African Union...
UNHCR alarm at recent attacks and rising displacement in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
African Press Organization
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September 28, 2018
Download logo UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned for the safety of tens of thousands of civilians in the north-eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where violence by armed groups has recently claimed more...
Foreign Secretary statement on an incident involving British nationals in Democratic Republic of Congo
African Press Organization
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May 14, 2018
Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, said: "I am delighted to announce that two British nationals who were held hostage in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been released. I pay tribute to the DRC authorities and the Congolese Institute for...
President Ramaphosa arrives in The Democratic Republic Of Congo for a working visit
African Press Organization
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August 13, 2018
Download logo President Cyril Ramaphosa has this morning, 10 August 2018, arrived in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a Working Visit. This is President Ramaphosa's first visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo since his...
Ireland to pledge at least €5m in UN Conference on the Democratic Republic of Congo
African Press Organization
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April 13, 2018
Ireland will today pledge at least €5 million in humanitarian response to the deepening crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Democratic Republic of the Congo represents today one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises in terms of...
Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo ends: World Health Organization calls for international efforts to stop other deadly outbreaks in the country
African Press Organization
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July 24, 2018
Today marks the end of the ninth outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates the country and all those involved in ending the outbreak, while urging them to extend this success...
Democratic Republic of Congo: Malnutrition and disease ravage the settlements around Kalémie
African Press Organization
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May 26, 2017
Displaced people living in the settlements around the city of Kalémie in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have limited access to healthcare and face alarming shortages of food, water and shelter, said international medical humanitarian...
Refugees Who Fled Violence in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo, Face Disease and Privation in Uganda
African Press Organization
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April 6, 2018
The attackers wore masks and used axes, machetes, and guns to slaughter civilians in the strife-torn Ituri province of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), says Areiti, a mother of seven children. The morning the violence came to her village of...
South Africa: President Ramaphosa undertakes Working visits to Zambia and The Democratic Republic Of Congo , to attend Zimbabwe Inauguration
African Press Organization
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August 9, 2018
Download logo President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday, 09 and Friday, 10 August 2018 undertake Working Visits to the Republic of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to hold consultative meetings with President Edgar Lungu and...