Congo Airways places new E175 order with EmbraerEmbraer and Congo Airways have signed a firm order for two E175 aircraft, with purchase rights for a further two. The deal has a total value of US$194.4 million at current list prices, with all purchase rights exercised.....
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Five questions on the ICJ and genocideMyanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared on Tuesday at the International Court of Justice to defend her country against claims it committed genocide against Rohingya Muslims.
Here are some key questions about how the UN's top court, which was set up in 1946 to arbitrate disputes betwee....
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Imran launches app to fight graftISLAMABAD: Urging people not to glorify corrupt elements, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said his dream of Naya Pakistan would turn into reality when the youth of the country exposed those who had looted the national wealth and stashed it abroad.
"Although Naya Pakistan is in the making, t....
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Beleaguered DR Congo rainforest attacked on all sidesKisangani, Dr Congo (AFP) Dec 9, 2019
Lush rainforest covers millions of hectares of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a central part of Earth's natural defence against global warming - but it is under severe threat from a perfect storm of mismanagement and corruption.
An array of global and....
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Gearing up for a fossil fuel–free society"The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 to John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yashino for the development of lithium-ion batteries," read a press release issued by nobelprize.org a few weeks ago.
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Two men with fake documents arrested at Paphos airportTwo men travelling with fake documents were arrested at Paphos airport on Wednesday, an 18-year old and a 27-year-old, both from Congo. They were due to take a flight to Berlin, but security officers got suspicious when they both presented Portuguese identity cards. A more thorough examination revea....
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Body of United Nations peacekeeper found in DR CongoBENI, DR Congo – The army in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, December 4, said it had found the body of a peacekeeper near the eastern city of Beni.
Although it did not say when the body was found, the military launched "large-scale operations" on October 31 in the .......
How ancient microbes created massive ore deposits, set stage for early lifeAncestors of modern bacteria cultured from an iron-rich lake in Democratic Republic of Congo could have been key to keeping Earth's dimly lit early climate warm, and in forming the world's largest iron ore deposits billions of years ago.....
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Heavy rains in DR Congo claim four more livesBukavu, Dr Congo (AFP) Nov 29, 2019
At least four people, including two children, have died in flooding in the Democratic Republic of Congo, days after 41 died when the capital Kinshasa was battered by torrential rains and landslides.
The victims died in the eastern South Kivu province amid ....
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Four killed in attacks against Ebola response centres in CongoMilitia fighters in eastern Congo killed four people and injured several others in attacks on two Ebola response centres on Thursday, in what responders described as a serious setback to efforts to contain the epidemic. Violence and unrest have hampered the health authorities’ response to the ....
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Measles twice as deadly as Ebola in DRCThe measles epidemic ravaging the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than twice as many people since the beginning of the year as the country's ongoing Ebola outbreak, the United Nations has warned, calling for a strong response.....
Ebola response workers killed in armed attacks in eastern Congo: UNRebels have attacked and killed Ebola response workers in eastern Congo, the World Health Organization chief said Thursday, an alarming development that could cause the waning outbreak to again pick up momentum in what has been called a war zone.....
Measles kills more than 5,000 in DR Congo this year – WHOGENEVA, Switzerland – Measles has killed more than 5,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo since January – more than double the toll in the country's Ebola epidemic – the World Health Organization said Wednesday, November 27.
"The DRC (measles) outbreak is the largest outbreak wor....
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More than 40 dead after heavy rain pounds DR Congo capitalKinshasa (AFP) Nov 26, 2019
Forty-one people died in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa as the city was battered by torrential rains and landslides, a top city official said on Tuesday.
"The loss, in terms of property and lives, is really huge," Kinshasa vice governor Neron Mbungu told AFP, str....
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Two killed in Congo after protesters torch UN buildings over massacreTwo people were killed in clashes with police in eastern Congo on Monday after protesters in the town of Beni set fire to the mayor's office and several UN buildings in anger at a new round of violence by suspected Islamist rebels.....
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Plane crashes in DR Congo with 18 people on boardA plane carrying at least 18 people crashed in a peripheral area of Goma City, North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), sources told Xinhua on Sunday.....
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18 killed in DR Congo plane crashAt least 18 people were killed in a plane crash on Sunday in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to reports.....
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At least 23 killed in plane crash in eastern DR CongoAt least 23 bodies found at the crash site of a plane in a peripheral area of Goma City, North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials dealing with the accident told Xinhua on Sunday.....
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Plane crashes into homes in east DR CongoThe plane, operating by a local company Busy Bee, crashed into houses a few minutes after taking off from Goma airport for a flight to the city of Beni, according to the governor of North Kivu in eastern DR Congo.....
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DR Congo to play in CECAFA CupNAIROBI: The Democratic Republic of Congo will play in next month’s Confederation of East and central Africa (CECAFA) Senior Challenge Cup in Uganda as a guest team, the organisers said on Monday. The two-time African Nations Championships (CHAN) holders will be competing for the first time in....
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More polio cases now caused by vaccine than by wild virusLONDON (AP) — Four African countries have reported new cases of polio linked to the oral vaccine, as global health numbers show there are now more children being paralyzed by viruses originating in vaccines than in the wild.
In a report late last week, the World Health Organization and partners....
Dozens killed as small plane crashes onto Congo homesAt least 24 people were killed, including some on the ground, when a small plane crashed into a densely populated neighborhood in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday.
The aircraft, which was operated by local company Busy Bee, crashed shortly after take-off en route......
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Dozens killed in Democratic Republic of Congo plane crashSome 27 people are now known to have died after a passenger plane crashed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. A Dornier 228-200 plane, operated by Busy Bee, came down shortly after take-off in Goma.....
17 killed as plane crashes into homesA plane carrying at least 17 passengers crashed into homes in a neighborhood in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, authorities said.....
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Small plane crashes in eastern Congo, killing at least 24By Fiston Mahamba and Djafar Al Katanty At least 24 people were killed, including some on the ground, when a small plane crashed into a densely populated neighbourhood in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, a local lawmaker and a rescue worker said. The...
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Plane crash kills 23 at DR Congo cityGOMA, DR Congo – Twenty-three bodies were recovered on Sunday, November 24, after a small plane crashed on takeoff into a densely populated area of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, rescue workers said.
"We are up to 23 bodies now," Goma rescue service coordinator Joseph Makundi told....
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At least 18 people killed in eastern DR Congo plane crashRescue workers pulled 18 bodies from the rubble after a plane crashed into a densely populated neighbourhood in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo shortly after take-off on Sunday.....
Ben Affleck Will Direct Upcoming Movie 'King Leopold's Ghost'Ben Affleck is taking on a new directing gig! The 47-year-old Triple Frontier actor will direct King Leopold’s Ghost, a drama about the plunder of the Congo by Belgium's King Leopold II in the late 1800s, Deadline reported on Thursday (November 21). PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Ben Aff....
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Ben Affleck to Direct and Produce Historical Drama 'King Leopold's Ghost'Ben Affleck will direct and produce the historical drama “King Leopold's Ghost,” set in the early 20th Century in the Congo. The project will be developed by One Community. Affleck will produce via his Pearl Street Films banner, alongside Martin Scorsese who will produce via his Sikelia ....
Jumia Shuts Down Operations In CameroonE-commerce company, Jumia Technologies on Monday, November 18 shut down its operations in Cameroon without notice just as it did in Gabon and Congo Republic;....
Madagascar make winning startJOHANNESBURG: Madagascar, the surprise team of the last Africa Cup of Nations, kicked off their 2021 qualifying campaign with a 1-0 win over Ethiopia on Saturday through a Rayan Raveloson goal.The 22-year-old midfielder from French second-tier side Troyes netted on 19 minutes in Antananarivo for the....
Second Ebola vaccine introduced in DR CongoGOMA, DR Congo – Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, November 14, introduced a second vaccine to fight the deadly Ebola virus in the east of the country, the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charity said.
It said the new vaccine, produced by a Belgian subsidiary of John....
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Macron pledges French help conflict-riven AfricaParis (AFP) Nov 12, 2019
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday pledged French support to African leaders whose countries are riven by conflict, saying Paris' commitment would not waver.
Macron told DR Congo counterpart Felix Tshisekedi France would support its fight against armed grou....
'Absolutely no cover-up': Polio officials denounce The Guardian for 'incorrect' rerportingSpecial Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza and the prime minister's former focal person on polio on Friday denounced a report published by British daily The Guardian, in which the publication had accused Pakistani officials of "covering up" a polio outbreak.
The report in qu....
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Seven cases of extinct poliovirus detectedISLAMABAD: Seven cases of the vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 — a type of the crippling disease for which vaccination in Pakistan were stopped in 2014 — have been detected in the northern areas of the country over the past few months, it has officially been confirmed.
Sources claimed that o....
