London, Sep 21, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Health authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo said on Saturday that they plan to introduce second Ebola vaccine, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson (J&J), to counter the second-worst outbreak of the virus in history. However, it is not clear when J&J vaccine will be introduced. READ ALSO: NIGERIA FOOTBALL FEDERATION, AS ROMA FC SIGN COLLABORATIVE ...

London, Sep 20, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The European Union Commission has announced €34.275 million in humanitarian funding to help the most vulnerable people in the Great Lakes region in Africa. The aid will mainly help address urgent humanitarian needs in the Democratic Republic of Congo and provide continued support to Burundian refugees in the region. READ ALSO: ...

 London, Sep 17, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC has begun a national consultation and sensitization on the benefitd and implementation the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) The forum being held in Kinshasa on 17 and 18 September 2019 provides information to representatives of various government agencies, the private sector, civil society and academia ...

London, Sep 14, 2019 (AltAfrica)-A former minister in Democratic Republic of Congo has been arrested over alleged mismanagement of funds for the country’s response to the Ebola epidemic. Police on Saturday said that Oly Ilunga oversaw Democratic Republic of Congo’s handling of the outbreak, the second deadliest in history, for nearly a year. Oly Ilunga ...

London, Sep 5, 2019 (AltAfrica)- Protesters have smashed the windows of the South African consulate in DR Congo’s second-largest city and attacked South African-owned stores, in reprisal for attacks on foreigners in Johannesburg. A demonstration called by a campaign group outside the consulate in Lubumbashi, southeastern DR Congo, spiralled out of control and protesters smashed the building’s windows. They then ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...