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CONGO: Disease devastates cass...
CONGO: Disease devastates cassava crop, threatens widespread hunger
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Cassava is the staple food for most people in the Republic of Congo, but this main source of nourishment is being threatened by a disease that has...
CONGO: Heavy rains cause havoc...
CONGO: Heavy rains cause havoc, raise fears of disease outbreaks
Friday, November 7, 2008
Days of torrential rain have caused severe damage to the capital of the Republic of Congo and given rise to fears of water-borne disease. “It’s been...
CONGO: Government sets sights ...
CONGO: Government sets sights on infant mortality
Thursday, August 21, 2008
The Republic of Congo’s government has launched a nationwide weeklong campaign of action aimed at tackling the country’s high rates of infant,...
CONGO: Free anti-malaria drug ...
CONGO: Free anti-malaria drug campaign gaining ground
Friday, August 8, 2008
Free anti-malaria medicine will soon become a reality for children younger than five and pregnant mothers after the launch of the first phase of...
CONGO: More children on the st...
CONGO: More children on the streets
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Louya, a 16-year-old boy begging in the Fonde market of Pointe-Noire, Congo's southern port city, said he was an orphan who had lived on the streets...
CONGO: Tackling child traffick...
CONGO: Tackling child trafficking
IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Sixteen-year-old Mayi doesn’t remember exactly when she was taken from the Togolese capital Lome to Congo’s second city Pointe-Noire by her...
CONGO: Gunning for biofuels
CONGO: Gunning for biofuels
IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org
Thursday, June 19, 2008
The Republic of Congo plans to set aside part of its arable land for biofuel production, even as a debate rages over the part played by biofuels in...
ROC: Security and humanitarian...
ROC: Security and humanitarian conditions improve in Pool region
IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Security and humanitarian conditions in the Pool region of the Republic of Congo have improved significantly in recent months despite a political...
CONGO: Mobile Ebola labs on th...
CONGO: Mobile Ebola labs on the way
IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
The Republic of Congo will soon  be  much better placed to fight outbreaks of Ebola thanks to mobile laboratories that can detect the deadly virus...
CONGO: Obstacles to easing pli...
CONGO: Obstacles to easing plight of Baka people
IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org
Friday, May 9, 2008
Faced with the still pressing marginalisation of the indigenous Baka people, NGOs in Congo are implementing projects to improve living conditions in...
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