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Cholera Emergency Declared in DR Congo Capital
Sada Elbalad
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July 5, 2025
Sat 05 Jul 2025 | 06:30 PM The Democratic Republic of Congo has declared a state of maximum alert in the capital, Kinshasa, following a significant surge in cholera infections, placing nearly 15 million people at risk. President Félix Tshisekedi...
The Dr Congo-rwanda Deal: Now Comes The Hard Part
The Nigerian Voice
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A new peace agreement offers hope of quelling hostilities between Kinshasa and Kigali in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Richard Moncrieff assesses the tough road ahead as diplomats seek to ensure that...
Paul Kagame casts doubt on peace agreement with DRC, questions regional leadership and avoids domestic accountability
The Rwandan
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July 4, 2025
KIGALI, July 4, 2025 — Speaking to the press for the first time in weeks, Rwandan President Paul Kagame used the 31st anniversary of the Rwandan Patriotic Front’s (RPF) rise to power to deliver a calculated message: his government will comply with...
African Development Bank, & Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Renew Partnership For Africa’s Sustainable Growth
Africa.com
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July 4, 2025
The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) have signed an agreement strengthening their collaboration on sustainable economic development, designed to boost infrastructure development and...
Congo-Rwanda Peace Deal 'Only A Beginning': FM Wagner
MENAFN
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July 4, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Kinshasa, July 4 (IANS) The peace agreement recently signed between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda "is only a beginning; the real work starts now," DRC Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner said at a...
DRC-Rwanda peace deal "only a beginning": DR Congo FM
Xinhua News Agency
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KINSHASA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The peace agreement recently signed between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda "is only a beginning; the real work starts now," DRC Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner said late Thursday at a...
Wagner: DRC-Rwanda peace deal “only a beginning”
Independent (Uganda)
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July 4, 2025
KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | The peace agreement recently signed between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda “is only a beginning; the real work starts now,” DRC Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner said late Thursday at a...
Double Burden of Malnutrition and Validity of Overweight/Obesity Indicators Among Students in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Cross Sectional Study From the University of Kinshasa
Dove Medical Press
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June 28, 2025
Jean-Robert Makulo,1 Trésor Tshiswaka Mutombo,2 Ramsès Kamitalu Kabongo,3 Audace Kilolo Tunda,4 Ernest Kiswaya Sumaili,1 Christian Kisoka Lusunsi,2 Beni Beni Kasangwala,3 Christian Mulundu Lakwon,3 Benit Boluta,3 Guvanie Lubamba Mubiala,3 Tatiana...
How Charities Are Adapting to Congo’s New Reality
ImpACT International
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to endure one of the most protracted and complex humanitarian crises in the world. In January 2025, the situation sharply deteriorated when the armed group M23 launched an offensive in North...
IMF Greenlights $262 Million Boost for Congo Amid Reform Drive
Arabian Post
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July 3, 2025
The International Monetary Fund has cleared the initial review of its Extended Credit Facility arrangement with the Democratic Republic of Congo, triggering an immediate disbursement of US$ 262 million. That sum bolsters the Kinshasa government’s...
DRC and Rwanda sign a US-brokered peace deal
The Citizen
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The foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed a new peace agreement on 27 June 2025 under the auspices of the US. The agreement aims to foster long-term peace, and increased economic trade and security. The...
DRC and Rwanda sign a US-brokered peace deal: what are the c...
Modern Ghana
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The foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed a new peace agreement on 27 June 2025 under the auspices of the US. The agreement aims to foster long-term peace, and increased economic trade and security. The...
Fighting resumes in DRC after 3 days of peace agreement
Independent (Uganda)
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July 2, 2025
Some of M23 figthters on Duty in North Kivu province. FILE PHOTO URN Kinshasa, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | Fierce fighting between the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), alongside allied...
DRC and Rwanda sign a US-brokered peace deal: what are the chances of its success?
The Conversation
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June 30, 2025
The foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed a new peace agreement on 27 June 2025 under the auspices of the US. The agreement aims to foster long-term peace, and increased economic trade and security. The...
DRC-Rwanda Peace Pact Sparks Hope and Skepticism
Global Press Journal
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June 29, 2025
LUBERO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — In a historic peace deal signed Friday, leaders of DRC and Rwanda agreed to end a yearslong war that largely played out in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces along the eastern edge of DRC. But people here...
Cardinals from Global South deliver urgent climate appeal at Vatican
Religion News Service
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July 1, 2025
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Warning of “irreversible impacts” if the world stays on its current course, three influential cardinals from the Global South presented a document at the Vatican on Tuesday (July 1) calling for bold international action on...
Turning point or pointless turn: Will DR Congo-Rwanda deal bring peace?
St. Kitts Gazette
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July 1, 2025
Cape Town, South Africa – Five months ago, with a single social media post, United States President Donald Trump put half a million people in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) at risk when he announced the closure of USAID – the...
Catholic bishops from Asia, Africa, Latin America demand climate justice
Associated Press
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July 1, 2025
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic bishops from Asia, Africa and Latin America demanded climate justice for the parts of the world most affected by rising temperatures and rejected what they said were the “false solutions” promoted by wealthy countries....
Congo Christian leaders submit peace plan draft to President amid Security Crisis
Crux Now
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June 28, 2025
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Catholic bishops and Protestant pastors in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) submitted what they call a “Social Pact for Peace and Living Together in the Democratic Republic of Congo” to President Felix Tshisekedi in the...
Heavy Rains Kill 29 in Democratic Republic of Congo
Nepal News
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June 16, 2025
KINSHASA: At least 29 people were killed over the weekend by heavy rains in the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), during what is supposed to be the dry season, in an unusual weather event that caused widespread destruction....