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Facing scrutiny over new claims of sexual abuse by its workers, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday urged anyone with information to come forward so that action can be taken.

Militants killed at least 19 people, including 10 soldiers, in raids on two villages in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday, hours after President Felix Tshisekedi declared a state of siege in two provinces.

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read PARIS (Reuters) - France on Tuesday moved away from backing a civilian-military transition in Chad calling for a civilian national unity government to be put in place to run its former colony until elections within 18 months. After President Idriss Deby’s death, a military council headed by his son, Mahamat Idriss Deby, seized power and said it would oversee an 18-month transition to elections. Opposition politicians called this a coup. The military council has bee...

By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo’s Prime Minister announced a new Cabinet on Monday, completing a government overhaul by President Felix Tshisekedi that strengthens his hold on power. Democratic Republic of Congos President Felix Tshisekedi delivers a speech at the opening of talks about Ethiopias Renaissance Dam at the Fleuve Congo Hotel in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo April 4, 2021.REUTERS/Hereward Holland The new government is a furth...

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read GENEVA, April 15 (Reuters) - World Bank President David Malpass called on countries on Thursday to contribute their “excess” doses of COVID-19 vaccines to low-income countries in the COVAX facility struggling to inoculate their most vulnerable including health workers. “Many countries now have dollars available to spend on doses but rapid deliveries aren’t available. I would like to underline here the importance for countries that have the prospect of excess ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo will start its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on April 19 with 1.7 million AstraZeneca doses it received from the COVAX global vaccines sharing scheme after delaying the rollout for more than a month.

Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL) said on Sunday its subsidiary would take a stake in China Molybdenum Co's Kisanfu copper-cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for $137.5 million.

Attackers killed at least a dozen villagers in an overnight raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a witness and two civil rights groups said on Monday.

A World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Monday that the past week has seen an 11% increase in COVID-19 cases worldwide, raising concerns that measures to halt the pandemic's spread may be breaking down just as vaccine distribution picks up.

Guinea's current Ebola outbreak is likely to have been sparked by a latent infection in the human population from the last outbreak rather than from the virus jumping the species barrier again, a World Health Organization official said on Friday.