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The Ball in Our Court: Nurturing Corruption or Integrity

By Denis Wabuyi Some habits die hard if at all they die. Others don’t die until they take them with you. And in some countries like Uganda where the dead are deployed as ancestors, even in the grave some habits of some people still live on. As you all know, I live in a bizarre country where integrity has been kicked to the corner and mauled to pieces. In more than few instances, anyone’s act of honesty and integrity earns them a place on the wrong side of humanity according to Ugandan standards. And these signs have dogged us for 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

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: UN Security Council statement on Great Lakes Africa Region

NAIROBI, Kenya, April 12, 2018/ — Press statement on the situation in the Great Lakes region: The members of the Security Council met on 10 April 2018 to discuss the Read More

AFRICA: Rwanda, Burundi need to reset relations

Rwanda and Burundi are trading accusations over repatriation of 2,000 refugees last week. Burundi says Kigali has violated international treaties that protect refugees. PHOTO | AFP THE EAST AFRICAN –Read More

DRCONGO: 6 game rangers killed in ambush at Virunga National Park

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in Congo say five park rangers and a driver have been killed in an attack at the Virunga National Park. The park, which is home Read More

DRCONGO: Church pays $3000 ransom to rescue kidnapped priest

Congo church pays $3000 ransom to rescue kidnapped priest The catholic church priest Father Celestin Ngango who was Kidnapped in Eastern Congo has been set free after the church paid Read More

DRCONGO: Kabila detains journalist without charge

Democratic Republic of Congo journalist Eliezer Ntambwe detained without charge Ntambwe was detained after the governor of DRC’s central Kasai Oriental province, Ngoyi Kasanji, accused him of defamation and extortion Read More

UGANDA: Hoima DRCongo refugee camps cholera death toll now at 40 @UNHCR @AntonioGuterres

For a fact, this number is much smaller than what is going on in those death camps. What is stunning is when Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni invaded DRC on December Read More