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Democratic Republic of Congo

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May 10

Congo announces first suspected Ebola death since new outbreak

By Associated Press

Health officials declared an Ebola outbreak in the country's northwest on Tuesday after lab tests confirmed the deadly virus in two cases from the town of Bikoro in the Equateur province.

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May 13

Ebola outbreak reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo

By Helen Branswell, STAT

To date there have been nine suspected cases of Ebola, three of whom have died, according to local authorities. The first case dates back to April 22.

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Aug 15

There’s buzz around Zika, but could yellow fever become the next pandemic?

By Emily Baumgaertner, Scientific American

Yellow fever could be on the verge of exploding out of central Africa and spreading to Asia, which has never before suffered a major outbreak. The most likely route of transmission: any one of the thousands of unvaccinated Chinese expatriates…

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Oct 13

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Film students in Congo seek a cinema to bring their stories to life

By PBS News Hour

Filmmaker Petna Ndaliko still remembers sneaking into the movie theater as a boy in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But in the wake of turbulence and civil war, the cinema in the city of Goma has long been closed. Now,…

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Oct 12

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Making it big in the NBA, Bismack Biyombo goes home to Congo to help

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Bismack Biyombo, a 22-year-old basketball center who recently signed with the Toronto Raptors, grew up in the Democratic Republic of Congo, dreaming about playing in the NBA. Contributing editor Soledad O’Brien follows him on a trip back to his home…

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Jul 15

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Pain, stigma and little justice for victims of sexual violence in Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Bukavu, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is slowly emerging from a long, violent conflict that has spared no one. Special correspondent Jonathan Silvers reports on how health workers and local law enforcement are struggling to confront…

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Jul 10

Mentally ill shackled and neglected in Africa’s crisis regions

By Victoria Fleischer

Robin Hammond had never considered the long-term mental health effects on the Africans whose stories of war, famine and conflict he had covered for 12 years as a documentary photographer. But on a 2011 reporting trip to Sudan, he witnessed…

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Jun 13

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News Wrap: Former POW Bergdahl begins recovery in the U.S.

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In our news wrap Friday, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is now undergoing treatment at a military center in Texas. He flew there overnight from Germany, where he had been recovering after being held captive by the Taliban for five years. Also,…

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Jun 13

68 elephants killed in the last two months at African wildlife refuge

By Ariel Min

Sixty-eight elephants in one of Africa’s oldest national parks – Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo – have been slaughtered in the past two months by poachers who attack with chain saws, grenades and guns, according…

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May 23

ICC convicts second war criminal since 2003 mandate

By Diane Jeanty

Congolese warlord Germain Katanga is now the International Criminal Court’s second conviction since it was mandated to bring the worst international criminals to justice 11 years ago.

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