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In Congo, M23 rebels’ latest fight is to revive the economy
Virtually all banks are closed. Currency shortages abound. Staples prices have jumped. Now residents are finding themselves ...
Business Insider Africa on MSN1d
Farmers return to Congo farmland amid uncertain realities
Farmers who escaped the violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's eastern region, between the Congolese army and M23 ...
Returning Congo farmers struggle to revive rebel-held fields
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UNAIDS2d
The impact of US funding cuts on HIV programmes in Democratic Republic of Congo
All programmes on stigma and discrimination have stopped with key populations, AGYW, young people, people living with HIV and other populations affected. The Ministry of Health has been convening ...
International Organization for Migration3d
IOM Deputy Chief: Escalating Displacement Crisis in DRC Demands Urgent Collective Solutions
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Deputy Director General for Management and Reform SungAh Lee called for urgent ...
The Christian Science Monitor3d
Rebels took eastern Congo’s largest city. Now they must run it.
As it continues to take territory, the Congolese rebel group M23 wants to show it is more than just an army, and that it can ...
Red Cross escorts hundreds of stranded Congolese soldiers from rebel-controlled city to capital
The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is helping transfer hundreds of Congolese soldiers and police officers ...
The South African on MSN4d
COMING HOME: South African troops leaving DR Congo
South African troops have started evacuating the DR Congo where they had been stranded since a January offensive by the M23 ...
Boise State Public Radio4d
What Trump's first 100 days has meant for these truck drivers and sex workers
In Zambia, truck drivers and sex workers have high rates of being HIV positive —- and are at high risk of contracting the ...