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KINSHASA( Reuters)-Democratic Republic of Congo's environment ministry has suspended the director of the nature conservation agency responsible for protecting the country's UNESCO-listed national parks, an official letter shared widely online on Sunday showed. There was no immediate comment from the environment ministry, but a senior government official confirmed the suspension of Cosma Wilungula, director of the Congo Institute for Nature Conservation( ICCN). The letter from the ministry, dated

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KINSHASA( Reuters)-Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday called for the immediate deployment of a new regional military force to try to stop rebel violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.... Congo accuses Rwanda of supporting the M23, including by sending its own troops across the border.... Kenya said preparations for the deployment should be finalised at a meeting of regional commanders in Nairobi on Sunday.It was not clear from Kenyatta's statement whether Congo had approve

By Reuters Staff2 Min ReadKINSHASA( Reuters)-Dozens of people were killed and many more are missing after armed men raided a mining encampment near the town of Mongwalu in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern Ituri province on Sunday, three civil society leaders said. Army spokesperson Jules Ngongo Tsikudi confirmed a deadly attack had taken place at a mining camp near Mongwalu, but did not detail the number of casualties.“ In the following hours we will know the exact number of deaths, ”

BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo( Reuters)-Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that emerged in early October in North Kivu province and infected 11 people, killing six of them. Congo declared its 13th outbreak of the disease on Oct.... 8 in Beni in the east of the country, prompting fears of a repeat of a 2018-2020 epidemic that killed nearly 2, 300 people in the same region, the second-highest toll recorded in the disease's history."

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo( Reuters)-Around 20 civilians were killed in an attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, the army and M23 rebels said, accusing each other of launching the assault. The deaths were the latest fallout from fighting between Congolese troops and M23, whose offensives have forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes and worsened the region's decades-long security and humanitarian crisis. Thursday's attack took place in the town of Mwes

By Reuters Staff2 Min ReadFILE PHOTO-A WWF billboard listing protected species stands in front of a bushmeat market in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 19, 2018.... He was admitted to an Ebola treatment centre on April 21 and died later that day.“ Time is not on our side, ” said Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO’s Regional Director for Africa.... “ The disease has had a two-week head start and we are now playing catch-up.” Mbandaka, a trading hub on the banks of the Congo River,