The spread of monkeypox, which has killed nearly 600 people, mostly children, in DRC this yea, leaves the WHO 'very concerned'; the country reported over 13.000 cases in 2023, where the last peak in 2020 was less than half

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  The world is forgetting the escalating violence in eastern Congo, the UN human rights chief said as he visited the region and called for peace and support for millions of displaced people

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  One of the first in-depth studies of the environmental and human rights impacts of industrial cobalt mining in the country reveals that toxic pollution from the industryis having devastating impacts on humans and nature

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  Judith Suminwa has been appointed as prime minister, the first time a woman has assumed government leadership

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  The government announced the end of the 2003 moratorium on the death penalty, paving the way for the resumption of executions

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