Tag: Congo
Congo crowd kills, burns, eats suspected militant
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A crowd stoned to death a young man in northeast Congo before burning and eating his corpse, witnesses said, in apparent revenge for...
At least 40 civilians killed in attack in east DR Congo:...
At least 40 civilians have been killed in an attack on a village in the restive east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a...
One more succumbs to Congo virus in Lahore; toll rises to...
A patient succumbed to Congo virus increasing the death toll to three.
The health department has confirmed the death toll.
According to local reports, a patient...
Congo makes its debut with a death!
A city dweller with symptoms of the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (congo fever) died on Tuesday. Congo fever is a tick-borne viral disease which is...
Man dies of Congo virus in Lahore
A patient who had symptoms of the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (Congo fever) died on Tuesday in Lahore according to local reports.
Congo fever is a...
NIH issues congo alert
The National Institute of Health (NIH) issued a alert for the congo virus after the disease killed four members of an Abbottabad family last...
Another day, another virus
Six people contracted the lethal Congo virus in Karachi this year, five of whom lost their lives, it was reported on Monday.
Medical sources stated...
Pakistani peacekeeper killed in DR Congo ambush; UN chief denounces killing
Attackers killed a Pakistani peacekeeper in an ambush in strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations announced.
UN leader Ban Ki-moon was “appalled”...
Congo militia boss Ngudjolo acquitted of war crimes at Hague
Former Congolese militia leader Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui has been acquitted by the International Criminal Court of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The case related...
DR Congo fighting ‘sees refugee numbers rise’
Humanitarian workers have warned of a sharp rise in refugees in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo as a result of recent...
Congo plane crash kills at least three in Brazzaville
A cargo plane has crashed in the Republic of Congo’s capital, Brazzaville, killing at least three. However, there are some unconfirmed reports more than...
DR Congo rebels claim control of Goma
Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have taken control of Goma, the main city in the country’s mineral-rich east, after several days of...
New, colorful monkey species
A shy, brightly colored monkey species has been found living in the lush rain forests at the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo,...
UN stations tanks in strife-torn eastern DR Congo
UN troops in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have stationed tanks around the key city of Goma for fear of an attack by...
UN slams attacks on Pakistani peacekeepers in Congo
The Security Council has condemned "in the strongest terms" Monday's mob attacks on a UN peacekeeping unit in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)...
Seven Pakistani peacekeepers wounded in DR Congo: UN
A crowd surrounded a UN peacekeeping unit in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday and opened fire, wounding seven Pakistani peacekeepers, UN officials...
KP on alert after reports of Congo virus
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department on Monday put the province on high alert after confirmation of cases of Congo virus (CCHF) in certain localities...
