A surge in the number of cases of mpox in Africa is alarming health chiefs. The infectious disease has been detected in 10 countries on the continent – including the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has the most cases. The World Health Organization has called an emergency meeting to determine if the outbreak constitutes a global emergency. Al Jazeera’s Victoria Gatenby reports. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #WHO #MpoxOutbreak #DRC #DRCongo #PublicHealthEmergency #GlobalHealth #Monkeypox #SmallPox #Africa #MpoxVaccines #HealthCrisis #MpoxEmergencyMeeting
Supporters of Felix Tshisekedi are celebrating his landslide re-election as president of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Opposition parties called the vote a ‘farce’ before results were announced on Sunday and are now demanding a rerun. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News
President Felix Tshisekedi has been declared the winner of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential election, giving him a second five-year term in office. Opposition parties say the election was rigged and are calling for protests against the outcome. Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports from Kin-shasa Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #AlJazeeraEnglish #FelixTshisekedi #Congopresidentialelection #presidentialelection
At least 40 people have been killed, in an attack on a school in western Uganda. It happened in Mpondweh. It’s a few kilometres from the border with Democratic Republic of Congo. The police say a dormitory was set on fire by fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces. The army says it’s pursuing the attackers to rescue those abducted. The US says the armed group is a terrorist organisation. It began as an armed uprising in Uganda but has been based in eastern Congo since the late 1990s. Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi is following developments from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. And Daniel Bwambale. He is a lawyer and expert on […]
The United Nation’s visit comes after more violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. At least 44 people have been killed in a village in North Kivu province. The military says it was targeted by fighters believed to be from the Allied Democratic Forces, a Ugandan armed group that has pledged allegiance to ISIL. Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb reports. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #DrCongo #DRC #Congo #ArmedGroup #Attack
Escalating violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo is leaving more people internally displaced. A recent wave of fighting between M23 rebels and the government is aggravating a dire humanitarian crisis. Al Jazeera’s Katia Lopez Hoda-Yan reports. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #DRC #M23 #DemocraticRepublicofCongo #humanitariancrisis #offense
There has been a new attack on a camp for displaced people in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The United Nations says at least seven people were killed. Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb reports. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #DRCongo #UnitedNations #Ituri #MassGraves #Attacks
At least twelve people have been killed in a church attack in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The explosion, which wounded 52 others, including children, happened in the city of Kasindi in North Kivu province. Al Jazeera’s @HarryFawcett reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #DRCongo #Churchbomb
M23 rebels have handed back control of a military base to the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It has part of a pledge to withdraw from territory it seized in recent months. Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #DRC #M23 #Rebels #DemocraticRepublicofCongo #War #Conflict #Military
At least 100 people have been killed in flooding in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. There have been landslides across the city of 15 million, destroying homes and roads. Al Jazeera’s @AlexBaird has more. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #DRCongo #floods
