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The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has announced it is set to declare a health emergency as monkeypox cases surge across the continent. Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General of the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC), made the announcement during a webinar on Thursday on the Mpox outbreak situation …

A decree from the Minister of Higher Education announces a reduction in special registration fees at public universities this year in Chad. For the 2024-2025 academic year, students enrolled in the special Bachelor’s program will pay 100,000F CFA, compared with 150,000F CFA in the past. Master’s students will pay 200,000F …

Six TikTok influencers have been arrested by the police and senteenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The defendants were found guilty of conspiracy, murder, kidnapping and several other crimes. This decision came after long hours of investigation, during which the court questioned the defendants and confronted them …

The monkeypox virus variant has hit displacement camps in the Democratic Republic of Congo, affecting children, local media reported. Local doctors say they have seen 130 suspected mpox cases, almost entirely in children and adolescents, in the last four weeks at a nearby facility that treats displaced people from the …

Important news for fans of Congolese celebrity Fally Ipupa, who has revealed the date of his next track since the release of his album formule 7. Indeed, since the release of his album “Formule 7” and a few videos revealed, Fally Ipupa hasn’t announced a project for several months. The …

Congolese pastor Marcello Tunasi expressed his gratitude to those who showed him affection, notably the presidential couple after the tragic death of his wife. After 40 days of mourning following the death of his wife, the man of God, in a message shared on his Facebook page on Monday, July …

Six Chinese miners and two Congolese soldiers had been killed in a militia attack on a gold mine in northeastern Congo. This is the latest attack as violence intensifies in this resource-rich region. According to Jean Robert Basiloko, a member of a local civil society association, the village of Gambala …

Authorities in the United States welcomed a two-week humanitarian truce in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the White House said on Thursday, amid fierce fighting between government troops and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels. The truce, beginning at midnight local time on Friday and to extend through July 19, covers areas …

A military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced at least 25 soldiers to death, local media reported. They are accused of fleeing battles against M23 rebels and theft, their lawyer and an army spokesman said on Thursday. Congo’s army has been fighting the Rwanda-backed M23 insurgency for …

The Central African Republic’s three million children are the world’s most deprived, with widespread malnutrition, inadequate healthcare access and instability putting the country at high risk of a humanitarian crisis, UNICEF said on Tuesday. Half of the country’s children do not have access to health services, and almost 40% suffer …