1 year agoCOVID19, 40 new cases including 30 in Kinshasa, 7 in Nord Kivu, 2 in Haut_Uele and 1 in Lualaba. The DRC has 8,443 cases. There were 194 deaths and 4,335 healed. 423 samples were tested. 14 provinces remain affected
1 year agoA crowd has climbed onto the statue of colonial King Léopold II in Brussels chanting "murderer" and waving the flag of the Democratic Republic of Congo where his atrocities took place.
1 year agoIslamic State Central Africa (Iscap) released a claim to credit for killing Christians in DRC- May has seen several claims to credits (4) in which reference is made to killing Christians
16 people were killed in an armed attack in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
A new Ebola outbreak detected in western DRC, near Mbandaka, Équateur province. @MinSanteRDC has identified 6 cases, of which 4 people have died. The country is also in final phase of battling Ebola in eastern DRC, COVID19 & the world's largest measles outbreak
DRC: Country reports new Ebola epidemic in northwestern country
ADF militia kill 38 people in eastern DR Congo: UN and local sources
1 year agoISCAP claimed the killing of 13 Christian people as a result of the attack targeted a gathering in Congo
DRC-Covid19: 156 new confirmed cases, including 115 in Kinshasa and 41 in Kongo Centrale
Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 - 150km SW of Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 year agoIscap claim credit for killing Christians in Beni (DRC). An uptick in Iscap claims to credit in both the DRC and Mozambique not to be ignored using similar propaganda narrative of targeting Christians
1 year agoISIS Сentral Africa Prov claimed killing nearly 40 Christians in Beni DRCongo in last 4 days, as part of "Battle of Attrition" military campaign. Christians have been a primary target of the burgeoning ISIS contingent, also frequently active in Mozambique
Ugandan rebels behead 3 in DR Congo
DRC: As of May 2, 2020, there have been 56 new COVID19-related infections in the Ndolo military prison in Kinshasa. Which brings the total to 104 confirmed cases in this prison
1 year agoThe WHO for Africa publishes a detailed map of the region with all the diseases and events currently existing on the continent
1 year agoThe new Ebola case was a 26 yo man in Beni. It had been 52 days since a new case had been diagnosed. That means there have been other cases that have gone undetected. This screen shot from the @MinSanteRDC press release
On Ebola, DRC is expected to soon declare this outbreak is officially over, according to Pompeo
1 year agoDR Congo will be one of the countries where COVID19 vaccines from U.S, China and Canada will be tested beginning in July - says Jean-Jacques Muyembe, head of DRC's agency leading the pandemic response
Interpol says it has arrested a number of people in east and central Africa as part of an anti-terrorism operation
1 year agoThe Islamic State claims to have killed 20 Congolese soldiers in the Beni area again
ADF rebels cleared from last stronghold in Beni: DR Congo army
1 year agoThe Ebola epidemic in the DRC is reduced to only one health zone, Beni. WHO team and partners in the field remain alert and continue to work hard, despite insecurity and many other obstacles, to reach 0 cases
Ten dead in massacre in Beni region of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
1 year agoSuspected Islamist militants kill at least 30 in Congo - local officials
1 year agoEbola: 1 case yesterday, at Beni, which is likely to have more cases soon because 1 of yesterday's 2 deaths was a community death. Totals: 3421 cases, 2242 deaths. The response is really using a lot of the VSV vaccine lately. Over 1000 doses most recent days
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 39km W of Rubirizi, Uganda
1 year agoEbola update: 1 case yesterday, at Beni. Beni has had all the cases over the past week. 0 deaths. Outbreak totals: 3418 cases, 2240 deaths
1 year agoIS-Central Africa claims it raided house of DRC Congolese army "spies," destroying them and capturing 3 "apostates" in Beni
1 year agoISCAP claimed that number of Congolese soldiers had been killed and wounded in Beni, Congo
