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Plane carrying four passengers crashes in DR Congo
A plane carrying four passengers crashed late on Thursday in dense forest in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said.
Drunk soldier kills 13 civilians in DR Congo
A drunken soldier in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s troubled east opened fire on passers-by, killing at least 13 people including a two-year-old girl and seven women, sources said on Friday.
Congo soldier shoots dead 12 in drunken rampage
A soldier shot dead 12 people and injured nine others during a drunken rampage in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday evening, regional authorities said.
Gunmen kill more than dozen civilians in eastern DR Congo attacks
At least 19 civilians have been killed in the restive eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo at the weekend in attacks blamed on a notorious armed group, local officials said.
WHO: New DRC Ebola case emerges just before epidemic’s expected end
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Former DRC premier calls for war on Rwanda
A former DR Congo prime minister and opposition leader on Monday called for the government to wage war on neighbouring Rwanda as a way to end militia violence.
24 killed in DR Congo gold mine collapse
Twenty-four people were killed when a landslide engulfed a gold mine in DR Congo’s eastern Ituri province after days of torrential rain battered the region, an official said Sunday.
Three Ebola workers killed in troubled eastern DR Congo
Three Ebola workers in eastern DR Congo have been killed, adding to the toll of people who have died fighting the nearly 16-month-old epidemic, a local UN source said Thursday.
Second Ebola vaccine introduced in DR Congo
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo Thursday introduced a second vaccine to fight the deadly Ebola virus in the east of the country, the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charity said.
Kidnapped South African mine worker released in DR Congo
A South African mine worker kidnapped in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been freed more than a month after he was snatched by an armed group in the country's restive east, local media reported.
Officials: First two Ebola cases confirmed in Congo’s South Kivu
A woman and her child were the first two cases confirmed with Ebola in Congo’s South Kivu region this week, opening a new front in the fight against the outbreak.
![At least 639 people have died from Ebola since August in DR Congo in what is now the second deadliest outbreak in history [Samuel Mambo-Reuters]](https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/28090209-324x235.jpg "Second Ebola death confirmed in DR Congo’s Goma")
Second Ebola death confirmed in DR Congo’s Goma
A second person has died of Ebola in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, a major transport hub, the county’s point man for the epidemic told AFP on Wednesday.
First Ebola patient has died in DR Congo city – governor
The first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma has died, the governor of North Kivu province said on Tuesday.
43 illegal miners dead in Congo copper mine collapse
The death toll from a mine collapse in south-east Congo has risen to 43, authorities said on Friday.
104 die in DR Congo boat accident
At least 104 people were killed after a boat capsized on Lake Kivu in South Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), authorities confirmed on Thursday.
DR Congo seeks UN help against Rwanda rebels on border
DR Congo's government has asked its UN peacekeeping mission for help against Rwandan rebels planning operations against Rwanda from inside Congolese territory, the UN said on Wednesday.
DR Congo awaits result after volatile presidential elections
The Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday began a tense wait for the results of a volatile presidential election which could see the first peaceful transfer of power in decades.
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