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AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

The Call 03 Nov 2024
It did not specify its source of information. Mpox cases in Congo may be stabilizing ... In recent weeks, Congo has reported about 200 to 300 lab-confirmed mpox cases every week, according to WHO.
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Jacques de Groote obituary: IMF and World Bank director with lavish lifestyle

The Times/The Sunday Times 02 Nov 2024
Where did his money come from? The suspicion, the Journal said, was that he was on the payroll of Mobutu Sese Seko, the deeply corrupt dictator of Zaire, the former Belgian colony now called the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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UN rights chief deplores violence in DR Congo prisons, says conditions getting worse

Colorado Springs Gazette 08 Oct 2024
Congo's notoriously overcrowded, violent and ... A spokesperson for Congo's army, which oversee the intelligence services and their detention centres, said he had not been informed about Turk's comments.
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Sex workers find themselves at center of Congo's mpox outbreak

Voa News 05 Oct 2024
KAMITUGA, Congo — It's been four months since Sifa Kunguja recovered from mpox, but as a sex worker, she said, she's still struggling to regain clients, with fear and stigma driving away people who've heard she had the virus.
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At least 23 dead after boat accident on DRC's Lake Kivu

Beijing News 03 Oct 2024
Officials in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo reported at least 23 people are dead after an overloaded boat capsized in Lake Kivu about 100 meters from shore near Goma in the eastern North Kivu region.
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Sex workers are hit hard by Congo's mpox outbreak but say their only option is ...

Fox31 Denver 02 Oct 2024
KAMITUGA, Congo (AP) — It's been four months since Sifa Kunguja recovered from mpox, but as a sex worker, she said, she's still struggling to regain clients, with fear and stigma driving away clients who've heard she had the virus.
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Sex workers find themselves at the center of Congo's mpox outbreak

Colorado Springs Gazette 02 Oct 2024
KAMITUGA, Congo (AP) — It's been four months since Sifa Kunguja recovered from mpox, but as a sex worker, she said, she's still struggling to regain clients, with fear and stigma driving away people who've heard she had the virus.
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Sex workers find themselves at the center of Congo’s mpox outbreak

Wtop 02 Oct 2024
KAMITUGA, Congo (AP) — It’s been four months since Sifa Kunguja recovered from mpox, but as a sex worker, she said, she’s still struggling to regain clients, with fear and stigma driving away people who’ve heard she had the virus.
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New study maps Congo's bai ecosystems in unprecedented detail

Phys Dot Org 01 Oct 2024
These strange, sudden canopy gaps, called bais, are located only in the rainforests of the Congo Basin of west-central Africa ... More information ... Journal information ... The content is provided for information purposes only.
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DR Congo: Rwandan Forces, M23 Rebels Shell Civilians

Human Rights Watch 26 Sep 2024
(Nairobi) – The Rwandan army and the M23 armed group have indiscriminately shelled displacement camps and other densely populated areas near Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo throughout 2024, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Race to combat mpox misinformation as vaccine rollout in DRC begins

The Observer 26 Sep 2024
For doctors and nurses fighting mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the virus itself is not the only enemy ... Information on prevention and self-care, however, including the importance of regular hand-washing, needs to reach everyone.
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Congo town becomes mpox hot spot

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 23 Sep 2024
Locals say they simply don't have enough information about mpox ... An internal report circulated among aid groups and agencies and seen by the AP labeled confidence in the available information about mpox in eastern Congo and neighboring countries low.
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Congo gold-mining town is mpox hot spot as new strain spreads

Beijing News 19 Sep 2024
3, 2024, in Kamituga, South Kivu province, in eastern Congo ... An internal report circulated among aid groups and agencies and seen by AP labeled confidence in the available information about mpox in eastern Congo and neighboring countries low.
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A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads

Detroit news 19 Sep 2024
Locals say they simply don’t have enough information about mpox ... An internal report circulated among aid groups and agencies and seen by AP labeled confidence in the available information about mpox in eastern Congo and neighboring countries low.

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