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A high-level delegation from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), led by the Minister of Hydrocarbons, Simplice Stev Onanga has arrived in Nigeria to understudy the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board’s acclaimed local content framework for the oil and gas industry.
The aim of the trial is to improve understanding of effectiveness of the vaccine is against Ebola Bundibugyo virus.
A new report by Amnesty International has detailed the summary execution of 18 artisanal miners in the eastern provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu, attributing the killings and widespread human rights violations to the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group.
WHO says efforts to contain DRC Ebola outbreak showing “encouraging signs” while MSF warns nothing has changed except the epicentre of the disease.
The World Health Organization and United Nations agencies have cautioned that it remains premature to declare a peak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s ongoing Ebola epidemic, despite early signs of slowing transmission in select regions.
Ebola infections in the DRC surpass 7,200, with nearly half of confirmed patients dying since the latest outbreak began.
President Félix Tshisekedi signed a presidential ordinance on Sunday, September 13, 2026, creating an advisory committee tasked with laying the groundwork for an upcoming national dialogue—a political initiative immediately denounced by leading opposition figures who allege executive overreach.
According to rebel officials in the area, an unspecified number of adults were also fatal victims of the fire, the cause of which remains unknown.
Delegates at the Global Youth Summit on the Women, Youth, Peace and Security agendas in Kinshasa delivered a unified demand for young people and women to transition from passive conflict victims into institutional leaders who actively formulate, decide, and execute peace and security policies.
Aircraft operated by Trans Air Cargo Service involved in a runway accident at Kinshasa’s N’djili International Airport on Tuesday after skidding off runway during landing.