Tag:Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Conservation

World Wetlands Day: Local communities, climate activists revive demands for a fossil-free Virunga

As the World Wetlands Day was celebrated on Wednesday, February 2, 2022 under the theme “People and Nature”, local communities and civil society in the...

Michael Simire - February 3, 2022

Health

DR Congo declares end of latest Ebola outbreak

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) officially declared on Thursday, December 16, 2021 the end of the 13th Ebola outbreak, which killed six...

Michael Simire - December 16, 2021

Renewable Energy

Stakeholders seal agreement to build electric battery industry in DRC

A battery minerals industry is set to take off in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after a series of firm commitments were sealed...

Michael Simire - November 26, 2021

Health

DRC commences Ebola vaccination

Ebola vaccination began on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) North Kivu Province where a case was confirmed...

Michael Simire - October 13, 2021

Health

New Ebola case detected in DRC’s North Kivu Province

The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Friday, October 8, 2021 announced that a new case of Ebola...

Michael Simire - October 9, 2021

Cover

Concern over DRC’s plan to lift logging ban in Congo forest

There are concerns that the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is considering lifting a long-standing ban on the expansion of...

Michael Simire - October 6, 2021

Conservation

UNESCO says DRC’s Salonga National Park is no longer endangered

Africa's largest protected rainforest, Salonga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been removed from UNESCO’s lists of threatened sites, with...

Michael Simire - July 20, 2021

Conservation

Activists laud move to remove Salonga National Park from List of World Heritage in Danger

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Monday, July 19, 2021 announced that the Salonga National Park in the Democratic Republic...

Michael Simire - July 20, 2021

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