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Congo's leader commutes death sentences of 3 Americans convicted in failed coup attempt
Malanga's 21-year-old son Marcel was among the Americans convicted for participating in the coup plot that left six dead ...
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Trump’s in-law tours Kenya, Great Lakes with eyes on Congo minerals
Observers say Mr Boulos has been assigned to the new position because of the many years he spent in Nigeria, so he 'knows the ...
Kenya receives 10,700 doses of mpox vaccine
Kenya on Thursday received 10,700 doses of mpox vaccines, a boost to its efforts against the spread of the disease.
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The huge cost of conflict to East African economies
Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania are relatively politically stable. But they have endured hard knocks on their economies ...
Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels hold high-stakes talks in Qatar in a renewed push for peace
Congo’s government and Rwanda-backed rebels are meeting in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar for much-anticipated talks in a ...
The Independent4d
Trump eyes DR Congo minerals
President Tshisekedi, visiting American senior advisor, discuss minerals-for-security deal COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME ...
After tariffs, US dangles billions of dollars in Congo mineral investment
The United States is in talks to invest billions of dollars in mineral-rich Congo and wants to help end a conflict raging in ...
US envoy says he's working on DR Congo minerals deal
The US and the Democratic Republic of Congo are in talks over a minerals deal in the resource-rich central African nation, ...
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Quick takes: H5N1 death in Mexico; Kenya cholera outbreak; H5N1 virus in cows, poultry, cats
A 3-year-old girl from Mexico who was recently hospitalized with H5N1 avian flu has died from her infection, Mexico’s ...
After delay, new Chinese funding plan will help extend railway to Uganda, Kenya says
Mineral-rich Democratic Republic of Congo is China’s ‘pot of gold’ at the end of the Standard Gauge Railway, analyst says.