Mpox in the DRC: Kinshasa slum residents have little chance of avoiding this major health crisis
Walking through the crowded streets of the Pakadjuma neighborhood in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, I ...
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Mpox in the DRC: residents of the slum at the centre of Kinshasa’s epidemic have little chance of avoiding this major health crisis
This microcosm of Kinshasa sheds light on the complex challenges of managing the outbreak in a city. With a population of more than 17 million, Kinshasa is Africa’s biggest megacity. Pakadjuma ...
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U.S. Citizens Advised to Evacuate Congo Amid Attacks on Embassies
“Due to an increase in violence throughout the city of Kinshasa, the U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa advises U.S. citizens to shelter-in-place and then safely depart while commercial options are ...
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DR Congo’s rebels vow to take Kinshasa after claiming capture of Goma
The bloody conflict in the eastern DRC took a dramatic turn this week when Kigali-backed fighters from the M23 claimed to ...
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Embassies in Kinshasa attacked over Rwanda as conflict rages in DRC's Goma
a protester told Reuters. Protests erupted across the city with demonstrators burning tires and clashing with the police who fired tear gas to disperse them, a Reuters reporter in Kinshasa said.
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Mpox in the DRC - Residents of the Slum At the Centre of Kinshasa's Epidemic Have Little Chance of Avoiding This Major Health Crisis [analysis]
Walking through the crowded streets of the Pakadjuma neighbourhood in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, I am struck by the vibrant atmosphere around me.Children play happily in ...
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Congo-Kinshasa: 'Did the Flight of the Military Leadership Facilitate the Capture of Goma?'
Kinshasa — "In Goma there are 2 million people ... when the commanders left the city on several boats, heading from the port of Goma on Lake Kivu to Bukavu (capital of South Kivu), about 100 ...
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Smoke, looting as day of rage targets Kinshasa embassies
On foot or on motorbikes, hundreds of angry demonstrators responding to the Paralyse the City call of a youth collective gathered in the upscale district of Gombe in the north of Kinshasa and ...
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Congo-Kinshasa: Civilians' Suffering 'Unimaginable' in Congolese City Under Rebel Attack - UN
United Nations — A senior U.N. official in the eastern Congolese city under threat from Rwandan ... Some 2,574 kilometers away in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, protesters turned violent ...
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Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key city. Here’s what we know
Later on Tuesday, the US Embassy in Kinshasa advised US citizens to leave the city. “Due to an increase in violence throughout the city of Kinshasa, the US Embassy in Kinshasa advises US ...