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TILLERSON confirms that Trump was joking when he called Africa SHITHOLE

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, flanked by his chief of staff Margaret Peterlin (L), meets with Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 8, 2018. Tillerson Reaffirms US Commitment to Africa ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (VOA) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has re-affirmed the U.S. commitment to Africa, two months after President Donald Trump’s reported derogatory comments about the continent. “I think the United States commitment to Africa is quite clear in terms of the importance we place on the relationship,” said Tillerson at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “The president himself wrote Read More

UNHCR: 360,000 Displaced in Congo’s Ituri Province Struggling to Survive

FILE – A woman holds a child on her shoulders in an internally displaced persons camp outside the town of Bunia, in Ituri province, June 21, 2019. GENEVA (VOA News)Read More

DRC: 1 Ebola Fatality Confirmed in South Kivu province of Congo

A nurse prepares a vaccine against Ebola in Goma on August 7, 2019. 1 Ebola Fatality Confirmed in New Congo Region By VOA News Congolese officials have confirmed the death Read More

DRC: 1 Ebola Fatality Confirmed in South Kivu province of Congo

A nurse prepares a vaccine against Ebola in Goma on August 7, 2019. 1 Ebola Fatality Confirmed in New Congo Region By VOA News Congolese officials have confirmed the death Read More

EBOLA: 2 patients in Congo “cured” with drugs, say doctors

Esperance Nabintu and her one-year-old son, Ebenezer Fataki, after the two had been declared cured of Ebola, in Goma, Congo Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. The two were treated with new Read More

Uganda: Open letter to speaker Kadaga on refugee aid (VIDEO)

OPEN LETTER TO THE SPEAKER ON REFUGEE AID Right Hon. Speaker Parliament of Uganda Attn: Hon. R. Kadaga Re: UGANDA’S REFUGEE ‘HOSPITALITY’ IS A SHAM With due respect, allow me Read More

DRC: Three Congolese doctors arrested in connection with WHO official’s death

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Three Congolese doctors have been arrested for allegedly planning an attack on a hospital that killed a senior World Health Organization (WHO) epidemiologist Read More

DRC: Kabila’s appointed Prime Minister starts talks on forming government

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi (right) shakes hand with newly appointed prime minister Prof Sylvestre Ilunkamba Ilunga on May 20, 2019. The PM has launched talks on forming government. PHOTO |Read More

Rwanda to stop pupils going to DR Congo schools

Rwandan secondary school students leave for home. Rwanda is going to stop students from crossing the border to study in schools in neighbouring DR Congo over Ebola fears. PHOTO |Read More

GlaxoSmithKline ends development of Ebola vaccine, hands work to U.S. institute

FILE PHOTO: A young woman reacts as a health worker injects her with the Ebola vaccine, in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, August 5, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo LONDON (Reuters)Read More

Ebola vaccine: Why is a new jab so controversial?

<< Studies have shown that although the drug is still in the experimental phase and hasn’t been tested on patients with Ebola, it has proved highly effective in tests on Read More