At least 8,000 children between the ages of six months and five years have received vitamin A supplements in a health campaign aimed at eradicating...

CONGO: Arrest over abduction of indigenous family's child

The High Court in southwestern Congo has indicted a member of an influential family on charges that he was responsible for the forced disappearance...

CONGO: Government lifts ban on foreign adoption of children

Authorities in the Republic of Congo have lifted a temporary ban imposed four months ago on the international adoption of children. The move to...

AFRICA: First ladies fight for peace

In a bid to support initiatives to restore and strengthen peace on the unrest-prone continent, wives of African heads of state or their...

Patrice Lumumba the search for liberty

Patrice …mery Lumumba (2 July 1925 – 17 January 1961) was an African anti-colonial leader and the first legally elected Prime Minister of the...

Republic of the Congo: ICRC helps fight cassava mosaic virus disease

Cassava is the staple food for many people in the Republic of the Congo. Cassava mosaic virus disease is threatening their food supply and their...

GTZ fosters tropical forest conservation in the Congo Basin

For the next two years, Germany will coordinate the Congo Basin Forest Partnership, which strives to improve conservation of tropical forests in the...

CONGO: State urged to improve “disastrous” healthcare system

Under-funding and lack of political will have left Congo’s healthcare system in a “disastrous” state, according to a human rights group, which has...

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