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Coltan from militia-controlled mines in Congo is increasingly flowing into global supply chains for smartphones and computers ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has officially begun its vaccination campaign against mpox, launching operations in Goma, a city in the eastern part of the country.  This initiative comes as the DRC ...

Congolese authorities have started vaccinations against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo recorded nearly 1,000 deaths and more than 30,000 mpox cases. The first of the vaccines were ...

Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe said on Saturday his Congolese counterpart had refused to sign an agreed deal ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicenter of an mpox epidemic, launched a vaccination campaign against the virus on ...

With about 30,000 suspected mpox cases and 859 deaths, it accounts for more than 80% of cases and 99% of deaths reported in ...

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Congolese health officials launched their first mpox vaccination campaign on ...

Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe revealed that a potential agreement to mitigate conflict involving the M23 rebel group was thwarted as Congolese officials refused to sign. The M23 ...

MPOX vaccinations are finally arriving to the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is at the heart of the current epidemic.

Venture into Virunga National Park with Smithsonian writer Paul Raffaele as he examines the threats facing mountain gorillas ...