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May 16
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Congo-Brazzaville: Call for Oil Revenues to Improve Living Standards
Congo, which is heavily dependent on revenue from the oil industry, has been declared as "conforming to" a global standard that aims to ensure transparency of payments for natural... Read more »
March 29
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Congo-Brazzaville: In Congo, Thousands Still Homeless One Year After Munitions Blasts
Thousands of people remain homeless in the Republic of Congo (ROC) one year after being displaced following a deadly munitions blast at an army barracks in the capital,... Read more »
March 1
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Congo-Brazzaville: Few Pygmy Women Have Access to Reproductive Health Services
Indigenous women in the Republic of Congo, better known as pygmies - a minority group threatened with extinction - are virtually excluded from reproductive health services. They... Read more »
January 22
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Congo-Brazzaville: Maternal Mortality Down Sharply in Congo-Brazzaville
Improved maternal healthcare and better family planning programmes have led to a sharp decrease in the Republic of Congo's maternal mortality rate over the past decade. Read more »
January 18
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Congo-Brazzaville: Congo Prisons Chief Admits Shortcomings in Wake of Damning Report
The director-general of Congo's prison service, Paul Morossa, has admitted serious overcrowding in prisons, but does not think imminent improvements are possible. Read more »
December 18, 2012
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Congo-Brazzaville: Putting Congo's Baka Minority On the Map
A group of Pygmy women singers from Likouala, in the extreme north of the Republic of Congo, has released a music album, which they and their backer hope will help safeguard the... Read more »
December 13, 2012
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Congo-Brazzaville: Torrential Rains Kill 13, Displace Hundreds
Torrential rains have killed at least 13 people, injured 29 and displaced hundreds in districts south of Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, say officials. Read more »
November 26, 2012
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Congo-Brazzaville: Imports, Corruption Drive Up Food Prices
The Republic of Congo, which imports over US$240 million worth of food a year, has seen sharply rising staple food and fuel prices since the beginning of 2012, according to the UN... Read more »
November 15, 2012
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Congo-Brazzaville: In Brief - Towards Earlier Cancer Diagnosis in Congo
An NGO in the Republic of Congo has launched a campaign aimed at reducing the often fatally late diagnosis of cancer, which affects more than 7,000 people in the central African... Read more »
November 7, 2012
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Congo-Brazzaville: Torture Commonplace in Prisons - Report
Torture has become routine in prisons and police stations in the Republic of Congo, according to a 2 November report by the Congolese Observatory for Human Rights (OCDH). Read more »
July 6, 2012
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Congo-Brazzaville: Pool Region Moves On From War
Shaken by sporadic civil war between 1998 and 2003, the Pool Region of southeastern Congo is moving forward thanks, in part, to a US$1 billion state infrastructure development... Read more »
June 19, 2012
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Congo-Brazzaville: Community Radio Promotes Bantu-Pygmy Understanding
A community radio station broadcasting from Pokola, 800km north of the Congolese capital Brazzville, is helping to foster understanding between the Bantu majority and the... Read more »
April 2, 2012
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Congo-Brazzaville: Cholera Hits Munitions Blast Displaced
A cholera outbreak is adding to the woes of thousands of people displaced by a huge munitions blast in the Congolese capital Brazzaville about a month ago, say officials. Read more »
March 23, 2012
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Congo-Brazzaville: Thousands Still Homeless After Munitions Blast
Around 14,000 people are homeless in Congo's capital, Brazzaville, two weeks after munitions in an army barracks exploded killing 223 people, wounding 2,500 and destroying large... Read more »
February 21, 2012
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Congo-Brazzaville: Cholera 'Continues Spreading'
Health authorities in the Republic of Congo have recorded 340 cases of cholera, nine of them fatal, since June 2011, in the northern district of Likouala, and have warned that the... Read more »
December 6, 2011
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Congo-Kinshasa: Thousands Flee Election Tension
At least 3,500 people have arrived by boat in recent days in Congo's capital, fearing violence in the run-up to the announcement, due before midnight on 6 December, of the outcome... Read more »
September 22, 2011
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Benin: Govt Acts to End Child Trafficking
Benin and the Republic of Congo have signed an accord aimed at stemming the trafficking of children between the two countries. Read more »
September 15, 2011
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Congo-Kinshasa: A Cut Too Far? C-Sections Increase After Policy Change
A health policy shift that saw the introduction in May of free Caesarean section operations in 35 hospitals across the Republic of Congo - to curb the growing rate of maternal and... Read more »
August 29, 2011
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Congo-Brazzaville: Cholera Claims 20 Lives
Cholera has killed 20 people among 341 infected in Congo since an outbreak began in June, officials said. Read more »
August 10, 2011
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Congo-Brazzaville: Implement Anti-Discrimination Law, Urge Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous peoples in the Congo - minorities who are often marginalized and experience discrimination - are calling for the application of a law on the promotion and protection of... Read more »
August 9, 2011
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Congo-Brazzaville: High-Tech Measures to Curb Illegal Fishing
Congolese authorities have taken steps to curb illegal fishing in their territorial waters to ensure the survival of fishery resources and boost food security. Read more »
July 1, 2011
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Congo-Brazzaville: Chikungunya Spreads to Pool Region
An epidemic of Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral disease, which began in early June in Congo's capital Brazzaville, has spread to the neighbouring Pool region, according to the... Read more »
June 21, 2011
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Congo-Brazzaville: Measles Kills 32, Infects Hundreds
At least 32 people have died and 800 others have been infected following an outbreak of measles in the southern Pointe Noire and Kouilou regions of the Republic of Congo, say... Read more »
June 16, 2011
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Congo-Brazzaville: Outbreak of Dengue-Like Viral Disease
Almost 1,000 suspected cases of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral disease that causes fever and severe joint pain, have been recorded in the Republic of Congo's capital over the... Read more »
June 8, 2011
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Congo-Brazzaville: Land Deals Raise Food Security Hopes
By handing over 80,000 hectares of untilled land to a few dozen South African farmers, authorities in the Republic of Congo are confident they will greatly improve domestic... Read more »
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