NEW DELHI: The World Health Organisation (WHO) issued a warning on Thursday about the likelihood of further imported cases of the new, more dangerous mpox strain in Europe. This announcement followed Sweden’s report of the first such infection outside Africa. The outbreak has resulted in hundreds of deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).A … Read more
GOMA: Suspected M23 rebels fired on a UN helicopter Friday wounding two South African peacekeepers in DR Congo‘s volatile east while an explosive device went off in a major city injuring two others.The head of the UN’s MONUSCO peacekeeping mission Bintou Keita strongly condemned the attack saying such strikes can constitute “a war crime”.The helicopter … Read more
KINSHASA: DR Congo‘s President Felix Tshisekedi has won a second term in office with a landslide victory, according to provisional results announced Sunday, in a vote opposition leaders have dismissed as a “sham”.Provisional results from the single-round presidential ballot, declared by the country’s electoral commission Ceni, showed that Tshisekedi had won 73 percent of the … Read more
KINSHASA: Polling stations opened Wednesday in a high-stakes Democratic Republic of Congo general election pitting the incumbent president Felix Tshisekedi against a fragmented opposition, as much of the east of the country is mired in conflict.Polling stations opened at 6 am (0400 GMT) and will close at 5 pm local time.AFP journalists saw the first … Read more
KINSHASA: Democratic Republic of the Congo launched a month-long election campaign Sunday with 26 candidates running for president amid a tense political climate and relentless fighting in the east of the country. Around 44 million registered voters, out of a population of almost 100 million, are set to elect a president on December 20.They will … Read more