Tag: DR Congo
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South Sudan sets up Ebola simulation exercise to test health workers preparedness
London, August 13, 2019 (AltAfrica)-South Sudan will scale up a scrutiny campaign against Ebola with Ebola simulation exercise to test the capabilities and readiness of its health officials to coop in the event of an outbreak of the disease The Ebola simulation exercise comes after after an outbreak of the viral hemorrhagic fever disease was ... -
Africa dreams as DR Congo goes ahead with world’s biggest hydroelectric project
London, August 8, 2019 (AltAfrica)-A dream of building the world’s biggest hydroelectric project in the heart of Africa may be inching closer to reality as DR Congo moves ahead with plans to build the world’s biggest hydroelectric project When complete, Grand Inga could have a massive capacity of 40,000 megawatts. For decades, plans have been ... -
Rwanda shuts border with DR Congo over Ebola crisis
London, August 1, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Rwanda has closed part of its border with DR Congo, where an Ebola outbreak has killed more than 1,800 people in the past year. At least two people have died from the virus in the past month in the crowded Congolese border city of Goma. It is the worst Ebola outbreak ... -
EU announces fresh €30 million Ebola support package for DR Congo
London, July 26, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The European Union EU is contributing a further €30 million in humanitarian funding for Ebola response in efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The latest EU support is an added stimulus after the World Bank announced on Wednesday (July 24) it was deploying another US$300 million in crisis aid for ... -
Belgium sorry for kidnapping thousands of mixed-race African children in colonial era
London, April 4, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has apologised for the kidnapping of thousands of children born to mixed-race couples during the colonial rule of Burundi, DR Congo and Rwanda. The “métis” children born to Belgian settlers and local women were forcibly taken to Belgium and fostered by Catholic orders and other institutions. ... -
Ebola survivors in Congo form coalition against the disease
London, Jan. 24, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Dozens of Congolese Ebola survivors have teamed up as army of volunteers to dispelling rumors and care for patients and lone children in the world’s second deadliest outbreak, health workers said on Thursday. The virus is spreading fast in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with 713 confirmed and probable cases and ...
