Kinshasa, June 24 (IANS) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported 1,094 confirmed Ebola cases, including 277 deaths, in the current outbreak declared on May 15, with the World Health Organization (WHO) registering a record first-month caseload. Official data released Tuesday showed 387 cases were under quarantine or receiving treatment, and 115 recoveries. DRC authorities have also reported 131 suspected cases, including 44 suspected deaths.In its daily epidemiological report, the…
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Kinshasa, June 23 (IANS) President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Felix Tshisekedi announced Tuesday that he would soon visit Ituri Province, the epicentre of the country’s latest Ebola outbreak, to follow up on response efforts.”I will very soon go to Ituri Province, to the very sites of the outbreak, to personally follow up,” Tshisekedi said at a joint press conference with visiting Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye, who currently chairs the African Union, Xinhua news ag…
Kinshasa, May 7 (IANS) The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi, has said that the country may not hold its presidential elections set for 2028 if the war in the east continues, placing national security at the centre of his government’s political agenda.Congo is facing an “aggression war” aimed at destabilising state institutions, looting natural resources and weakening national sovereignty, Tshisekedi told a press conference in Kinshasa, the country’s capit…