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Mpox Vaccines Prequalified by WHO, Shipped to Africa to Contain the Outbreak
- Monday September 23, 2024
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
The arrival of mpox vaccines in Africa, particularly the Jynneos vaccine from Bavarian Nordic, aims to combat a significant resurgence of the virus, especially in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The World Health Organization has reported approximately 6,000 confirmed cases across 15 African nations, with concerns about transmission dynamics, ...
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New Strain Of Mpox Causing Miscarriages, Killing Children, Warn Scientists
- Thursday June 27, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A new deadlier strain of mpox that transmits more easily between people is killing children and causing miscarriages in the Democratic Republic of Congo and may have already spread to neighbouring countries, researchers have warned.
- www.ndtv.com
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"All Eyes On Congo": Social Media Ignites Support For Decades-Long African Crisis
- Thursday May 30, 2024
- World News | Edited by Anjali Thakur
A haunting image of Congolese children, shared over 8 million times on Instagram, ignited a social media firestorm.
- www.ndtv.com
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Apple, Tesla Among Companies Accused of Aiding Child Labour in DR Congo
- Tuesday December 17, 2019
- Reuters
Five of the world's largest tech companies have been accused of being complicit in the death of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo forced to mine cobalt, a metal used to make telephones and computers, in a landmark lawsuit.
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Apple, Google, Other Tech Giants Accused Of Child Cobalt Mining Deaths
- Tuesday December 17, 2019
- World News | ANI
Five tech giants -- Apple, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, and Dell -- have been reportedly accused of aiding and abetting the death of children working in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
- www.ndtv.com
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Silent Victims Of Violence: 4 Million Kids Orphaned In Congo
- Monday November 28, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
More than 4 million children have lost at least one parent in Congo over the past two decades, the silent victims of continuous cycles of violence.
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'I Was Forced To Kill My Best Friend', Former Child Soldier Says
- Wednesday November 16, 2016
- World News | Reuters
It was during an ordinary game of soccer when Michel Chikwanine was abducted at age five by rebel soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo and recruited into the army.
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Beaten And Discarded, Congo Street Children Are Strangers To Mining Boom
- Sunday March 13, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Kevin Lusongo has been on the streets since he was 11. He sleeps on a piece of cardboard in an unlit parking lot in a poor neighbourhood of Kinshasa, behind trucks he hopes can shield him from view.
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4 New Allegations Of Sex Abuse Against UN Peacekeepers In Central Africa
- Wednesday February 17, 2016
- World News | Agence France Press
UN peacekeepers from the Democratic Republic of Congo have been accused of sexually abusing four children who were living in a camp for displaced civilians in the Central African Republic, a UN spokesman said Tuesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Apple, Samsung Accused of Using Batteries With Cobalt Mined by Children
- Tuesday January 19, 2016
- Written by Vidhyanshu
Amnesty accused technology giants including Apple, Samsung SDI and Sony of lax oversight of the supply of cobalt from mines in Congo to smelters and on to battery-makers.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Women, Children Killed in New DR Congo Attack: Official
- Saturday October 18, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Twenty-two people, most of them women and children, have been hacked and clubbed to death in the troubled east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, just days after a similar massacre, a government official said on Saturday.
- www.ndtv.com
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UN Entrepreneur Taps African Oil for Child Health
- Saturday September 20, 2014
- World News | Reuters
Republic of Congo has become the first country to agree to divert part of its oil revenues towards childhood nutrition, a victory for "innovative financing" to help the world's poorest, the scheme's creator Philippe Douste-Blazy said in an interview.
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Kidnapped Women, Children are 'Sex Slaves' in Congo: Doctors Without Borders
- Thursday July 17, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Women and children are being kidnapped by armed gangs and forced to work as sex slaves in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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At Least 30 Killed in DR Congo Ethnic Violence
- Sunday June 8, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
At least 30 men, women and children were killed in inter-ethnic violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo overnight, most of them slaughtered as they slept in a church, local sources said on Saturday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Democratic Republic of Congo named worst place to be mother
- Tuesday May 7, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday displaced fellow African nation Niger to gain the unenviable distinction of being the worst place in the world to be a mother, according to the annual report of Save the Children.
- www.ndtv.com
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Mpox Vaccines Prequalified by WHO, Shipped to Africa to Contain the Outbreak
- Monday September 23, 2024
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
The arrival of mpox vaccines in Africa, particularly the Jynneos vaccine from Bavarian Nordic, aims to combat a significant resurgence of the virus, especially in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The World Health Organization has reported approximately 6,000 confirmed cases across 15 African nations, with concerns about transmission dynamics, ...
- www.gadgets360.com
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New Strain Of Mpox Causing Miscarriages, Killing Children, Warn Scientists
- Thursday June 27, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A new deadlier strain of mpox that transmits more easily between people is killing children and causing miscarriages in the Democratic Republic of Congo and may have already spread to neighbouring countries, researchers have warned.
- www.ndtv.com
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"All Eyes On Congo": Social Media Ignites Support For Decades-Long African Crisis
- Thursday May 30, 2024
- World News | Edited by Anjali Thakur
A haunting image of Congolese children, shared over 8 million times on Instagram, ignited a social media firestorm.
- www.ndtv.com
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Apple, Tesla Among Companies Accused of Aiding Child Labour in DR Congo
- Tuesday December 17, 2019
- Reuters
Five of the world's largest tech companies have been accused of being complicit in the death of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo forced to mine cobalt, a metal used to make telephones and computers, in a landmark lawsuit.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Apple, Google, Other Tech Giants Accused Of Child Cobalt Mining Deaths
- Tuesday December 17, 2019
- World News | ANI
Five tech giants -- Apple, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, and Dell -- have been reportedly accused of aiding and abetting the death of children working in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
- www.ndtv.com
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Silent Victims Of Violence: 4 Million Kids Orphaned In Congo
- Monday November 28, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
More than 4 million children have lost at least one parent in Congo over the past two decades, the silent victims of continuous cycles of violence.
- www.ndtv.com
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'I Was Forced To Kill My Best Friend', Former Child Soldier Says
- Wednesday November 16, 2016
- World News | Reuters
It was during an ordinary game of soccer when Michel Chikwanine was abducted at age five by rebel soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo and recruited into the army.
- www.ndtv.com
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Beaten And Discarded, Congo Street Children Are Strangers To Mining Boom
- Sunday March 13, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Kevin Lusongo has been on the streets since he was 11. He sleeps on a piece of cardboard in an unlit parking lot in a poor neighbourhood of Kinshasa, behind trucks he hopes can shield him from view.
- www.ndtv.com
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4 New Allegations Of Sex Abuse Against UN Peacekeepers In Central Africa
- Wednesday February 17, 2016
- World News | Agence France Press
UN peacekeepers from the Democratic Republic of Congo have been accused of sexually abusing four children who were living in a camp for displaced civilians in the Central African Republic, a UN spokesman said Tuesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Apple, Samsung Accused of Using Batteries With Cobalt Mined by Children
- Tuesday January 19, 2016
- Written by Vidhyanshu
Amnesty accused technology giants including Apple, Samsung SDI and Sony of lax oversight of the supply of cobalt from mines in Congo to smelters and on to battery-makers.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Women, Children Killed in New DR Congo Attack: Official
- Saturday October 18, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Twenty-two people, most of them women and children, have been hacked and clubbed to death in the troubled east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, just days after a similar massacre, a government official said on Saturday.
- www.ndtv.com
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UN Entrepreneur Taps African Oil for Child Health
- Saturday September 20, 2014
- World News | Reuters
Republic of Congo has become the first country to agree to divert part of its oil revenues towards childhood nutrition, a victory for "innovative financing" to help the world's poorest, the scheme's creator Philippe Douste-Blazy said in an interview.
- www.ndtv.com
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Kidnapped Women, Children are 'Sex Slaves' in Congo: Doctors Without Borders
- Thursday July 17, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Women and children are being kidnapped by armed gangs and forced to work as sex slaves in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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At Least 30 Killed in DR Congo Ethnic Violence
- Sunday June 8, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
At least 30 men, women and children were killed in inter-ethnic violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo overnight, most of them slaughtered as they slept in a church, local sources said on Saturday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Democratic Republic of Congo named worst place to be mother
- Tuesday May 7, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday displaced fellow African nation Niger to gain the unenviable distinction of being the worst place in the world to be a mother, according to the annual report of Save the Children.
- www.ndtv.com