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Italian Ambassador to DR Congo Killed in Attack

22 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite

43 year-old Luca Attanasio, Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, along with 30 year-old Vittorio Iacovacci, a military police officer, and a Congolese driver are dead after a United Nations' World Food Program convoy was attack nea...

New Case of the Ebola Virus Detected in the DR Congo

8 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite

Three months after announcing the end of its 11th outbreak, the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ministry of Public Health announced that a new case of the Ebola virus has been detected in the town of Biena in the North Kivu province. According to heal...

6 Park Rangers Killed in DR Congo's Virunga National Park

10 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite

Officials of the Democratic Republic of Congo reported that 6 park rangers were killed and another was seriously injured in an ambushed while on a foot patrol at the Virunga National Park. The ranger who was injured is now being treated at a local me...

At Least 12 DR Congo Rangers Killed by Suspected Rwandan Rebels

25 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite

Authorities of the Democratic Republic of Congo state that at least 12 rangers and several civilians were killed and 4 others were injured after suspected members of the Rwandan Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebel group launch...

DR Congo Reported New Ebola Case 2 Days Before Declaring End of Epidemic

12 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite

Just 2 days before the Ebola virus outbreak was to be declared over in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a new case and death by the infection was confirmed by local health officials in the city of Beni. This is the first person to contract Ebola in...