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San Marino seizes $19m from Congo dictator who spent $100,000 on crocodile shoes

Congo’s President Denis Sassou Nguesso arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris to meet with his French counterpart on september 3 By TELEGRAPH UK The tiny republic of San Marino Read More

DRC Ebola outbreak still not global emergency, says WHO

WHO says deadly outbreak does not meet the criteria for a public health emergency of international concern. The current outbreak is the second-deadliest in history [Al-hadji Kudra Maliro/AP] By AL Read More

UGANDA: Second person dies of Ebola in Kasese as cases rise to 10

The isolation centre set up in Bwera, Kasese District where the five-year-old boy who tested positive for Ebola died from. Photo by Joel Kaguta By DAILY MONITOR The grandmother of Read More

AFRICA: ICC Orders Release of Congo’s Former VP Bemba

FILE – Former Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba has been acquitted on appeal of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Central African Republic at the International Criminal Read More

RDCONGO: Aucun cas d’Ebola confirmé à Kinshasa / No ebola case confirmed in Kinshasa

L’équipe médicale du ministère de la Santé publique dans un laboratoire mobile à l’hôpital de référence de Bikoro le 13/05/2018 dans le cadre de la riposte contre l’épidémie d’Ebola à.Read More

DRCONGO: Militia attack Canadian gold miner Banro Corp’s site, try to take expatriates

GOMA, Congo (Reuters) – Mai Mai militia attacked Banro Corp’s east Congo Namoya gold mine for the second time in less than a year on Thursday, a Banro geologist at Read More

RDCONGO: Aucun cas d’Ebola confirmé à Kinshasa / No ebola case confirmed in Kinshasa

L’équipe médicale du ministère de la Santé publique dans un laboratoire mobile à l’hôpital de référence de Bikoro le 13/05/2018 dans le cadre de la riposte contre l’épidémie d’Ebola à.Read More

EBOLA: U.S. to send experimental treatment to DRC – official

CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. health authorities said on Wednesday they were preparing to send an experimental Ebola treatment to the Democratic Republic of Congo for use in a clinical trial Read More

DRCONGO: Ebola outbreak death toll now 17

KINSHASA (Reuters) – At least 17 people have died in an area of northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo where health officials have now confirmed an outbreak of Ebola, the health Read More

AFRICA: EA standby force chief lauds UPDF security efforts

KAMPALA (@UG_EDGE) – On Monday, the Director of Eastern Africa Standby Force Dr.Adbillahi Omar Bouh made a courtesy call on the Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs Hon. Adolf Mwesige Read More