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Crisis in Congo: Rising Casualties and Health Risks
The World Health Organization reports that over 2,000 people have been wounded and 45 have died due to fighting in Congo's Goma region. The clashes have heightened the risk of spreading diseases such ...
WHO Cites Reports Saying 45 Dead in Congo Fighting, Warns of Disease Risks
"There are reports of 2,029 wounded in health facilities and other points of care, and 45 dead across 3 health zones in North ...
UN News Centre6h
Hospitals overwhelmed in DR Congo, food running out: Goma faces ‘devastation’
After days of intense fighting, the humanitarian situation in Goma, capital of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
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Goma Crisis: Hospitals Overwhelmed, Food Shortages
After days of intense fighting, the humanitarian situation in Goma, capital of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
allAfrica.com on MSN8h
UNICEF Launches Urgent Appeal for $22 Million to Provide Emergency Assistance to 282,000 Children in Eastern DR Congo Amid Spiralling Violence
UNICEF is gravely concerned about the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in eastern DR Congo resulting from the recent intensification of conflict and surging numbers of displaced people.An ...
The East African on MSN18h
Regional blocs condemn capture of Goma by Rwanda-backed M23
The United Nations, African Union and East African Community condemned the capture of the ...
TASS5h
Over 1,000 wounded in east DR Congo hostilities
HARARE, January 30. /TASS/. More than a thousand people were admitted to hospitals in the city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid battles between the republic’s armed ...
The Maravi Post15h
DR Congo: Hospitals overwhelmed, food running out: Goma faces ‘devastation’
In the village of Kiziba, on the outskirts of Goma, civilians are reporting armed men in military uniforms carrying out ...
gna on MSN15h
Self-medicating cholera can lead to death—Disease Control Officer
Mr. Edwin Afotey Ablade Odai, the Tema Metro Disease Control Officer, has cautioned the public against self-medicating when ...
Ghana News Agency (GNA) on MSN10h
Cholera Outbreak: Death toll rise to forty-three, 480 infections confirmed
Accra, Jan. 30. GNA – Ghana’s cholera outbreak has so far claimed the lives of 43 persons and a total of 480 infections, the ...
allAfrica.com on MSN18h
Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Crisis - a Public Health 'Nightmare' Is Unfolding, Warns WHO
As UN agencies reported "relative calm" on Wednesday in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), humanitarians warned that the chaos caused by advancing M23 rebel forces ...
The Economist11h
The fall of Goma heralds more bloodshed in eastern Congo
The scene is the result of the invasion of Goma on January 27th by M23, an armed group under the control of Rwanda, Congo’s neighbour, which abuts the city. Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, has ...