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Global brands ‘likely’ using mineral that funds rebels accused of atrocities in DRC, investigation findsRebel attacks in eastern DRC kill 30 people and hamper Ebola responseFriday briefing: ​What do the cuts in aid mean for the fight against Ebola in the DRC?

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Global brands ‘likely’ using mineral that funds rebels accused of atrocities in DRC, investigation finds
World
World news | The GuardianJun 10

Global brands ‘likely’ using mineral that funds rebels accused of atrocities in DRC, investigation finds

Leading global brands including Amazon, Ericsson and Sony are “likely” to have sourced minerals linked to a militia accused of widespread sexual violence, summary executions and torture, a new investigation.

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Rebel attacks in eastern DRC kill 30 people and hamper Ebola response
World
World news | The GuardianJun 4

Rebel attacks in eastern DRC kill 30 people and hamper Ebola response

Rebel attacks around a town that is one of the centres of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have left more than 30 people dead over...

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Friday briefing: ​What do the cuts in aid mean for the fight against Ebola in the DRC?
World|World news | The Guardian|May 29

Friday briefing: ​What do the cuts in aid mean for the fight against Ebola in the DRC?

Ebola is spreading rapidly in parts of east Africa. The deadly disease, which kills around half of those it infects, is suspected to have claimed the lives of at least 240 people since the outbreak began in.

12 min
WHO chief arrives in DRC promising Ebola outbreak ‘can be stopped’
World|World news | The Guardian|May 29

WHO chief arrives in DRC promising Ebola outbreak ‘can be stopped’

The deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo can be stopped, the World Health Organization (WHO) head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said as he arrived in Kinsasha. This is the 17th recorded Ebola outbreak in the big central African country, which has a population of more than 100 million people.

3 min
WHO chief calls for DRC ceasefire to tackle Ebola outbreak
World|World news | The Guardian|May 27

WHO chief calls for DRC ceasefire to tackle Ebola outbreak

The head of the World Health Organization has called for an immediate ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to help tackle the Ebola outbreak there, as Uganda closed its border with its.

5 min
Spread of Ebola in DRC ‘outpacing’ response efforts, warns WHO
World|World news | The Guardian|May 25

Spread of Ebola in DRC ‘outpacing’ response efforts, warns WHO

The World Health Organization has warned that the Ebola outbreak is outpacing response efforts and countries neighbouring the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are at high risk from the disease. Addressing an online meeting of the African Union about the outbreak, he also announced there had been 220 suspected deaths so far in the current Ebola outbreak and that he would travel to the DRC on Tuesday with Chikwe Ihekweazu, executive director of WHO’s health emergencies programme. On Monday, Uganda announced two more Ebola cases, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the country to seven.

3 min
White House pauses removal of detainees to DRC as Ebola outbreak widens
World|World news | The Guardian|May 23

White House pauses removal of detainees to DRC as Ebola outbreak widens

The Trump administration will temporarily pause the removal of refugees to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during a spiraling Ebola outbreak, according to reporting by Politico, but experts say the.

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‘Every health facility said they were full’: alarm over rapid spread of Ebola in DRC
World|World news | The Guardian|May 23

‘Every health facility said they were full’: alarm over rapid spread of Ebola in DRC

The warnings from aid groups and healthcare workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been stark, their calls for coordinated international action impassioned.As the country reels from the return.

7 min

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Jihadist violence in Nigeria and DRC rose sharply last year even as global deaths from terror fell

World news | The GuardianMar 19
French aid worker among three killed in dronestrike in east DRC, M23 rebels say
World

French aid worker among three killed in dronestrike in east DRC, M23 rebels say

World news | The GuardianMar 11