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CLEAN : Could the peatlands of Congo be a carbon bomb

9th - Higher Ed
Thousands of miles away from the Bonn climate conference the fight against global warming is also being played out in the peat bogs of the Congo Basin where efforts are under way to try and prevent the release of tons of carbon into the...
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CLEAN : DRCongo's displaced tell of horrors in Kasai province

9th - Higher Ed
Atrocities in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo have left over a million people displaced and traumatised depending on aid for their survival
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Malaysia customs foil ivory smuggling attempt

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Malaysian authorities said on Wednesday they had seized 74 kilograms (163 pounds) of ivory worth 275,000 Malaysian ringgit (64,139 USD), that was believed to have been smuggled from Lagos in Africa. At a news conference at...
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London's Royal Academy unlocks Matisse's studio

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LEADIN: London's Royal Academy of Arts is unlocking French artist Henri Matisse's studio. Its new exhibit, which opens Saturday (5 August), shows how Matisse's treasured items often served as both inspiration...
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London's Royal Academy unlocks Matisse's studio

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LEADIN: London's Royal Academy of Arts is unlocking French artist Henri Matisse's studio. Its new exhibit, which opens Saturday (5 August), shows how Matisse's treasured items often served as both inspiration...
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CLEAN : Cholera on the rise in Democratic Republic of Congo: UN

9th - Higher Ed
The UN says cholera is a major public health problem in the Democratic Republic of Congo with millions of cases registered every year
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VOICED : Seis muertos en represion de manifestaciones en RD del Congo

9th - Higher Ed
Al menos seis personas murieron y unas 50 resultaron heridas el domingo en Republica Democratica del Congo (RDC) en la dispersion de marchas contra la continuidad en el poder del presidente Kabila
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CLEAN : Medecins Sans Frontieres carry out Ebola tests in DRC

9th - Higher Ed
Relatives of people undergoing tests after being suspected of carrying the Ebola virus arrive at the Medecins Sans Frontieres health centre in Goma (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Fears that Ebola outbreak could spread to Goma

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VOICED: Authorities struggling to contain the ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo fear the virus is about to hit a major city - with possible devastating consequences.SHOWS: Bustling Goma street scenes, coffins for sale,...
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CLEAN : DRC court commutes officers death sentence for activist murder

9th - Higher Ed
A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has commuted a senior police officers death sentence over the 2010 murder of prominent rights activist Floribert Chebeya and his driver (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : New airline in DRCongo aims to overhaul internal air transport

9th - Higher Ed
A new airline has launched in the Democratic Republic of Congo a bid to revolutionise air transport within the vast country where flights are currently operated only by the UN and small carriers blacklisted by the EU (Footage by AFPTV...
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First Ebola Vaccine Granted Conditional Approval

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The European Commission has approved marketing of the first Ebola vaccine, marking a major breakthrough in preventing the deadly disease.
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CLEAN : Coronavirus/DRC: Kinshasa isolates its political, economic and diplomatic center

9th - Higher Ed
Kinshasa closes off its upmarket business district known as 'Gombe' for two weeks and begins large-scale disinfection in a bid to root out DR Congo's main suspected source of coronavirus (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Coronavirus: Disinfection in Kinshasa

9th - Higher Ed
Firefighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo start disinfecting public places in the centre of Kinshasa (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Fearing new rebel attacks thousands flee Ebola-hit DR Congo town

9th - Higher Ed
Mangina a town of some 72,000 in DR Congo's volatile east is eerily empty after a massacre last week by a dreaded rebel group which locals fear will strike again (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : WHO: Egypt confirms first coronavirus case in Africa

9th - Higher Ed
The African Regional Director of the World Health Organisation WHO confirms the first verified case of the novel coronavirus in Africa (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : In DRC, those who beat the virus continue to live under its cloud

9th - Higher Ed
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, survivors of COVID-19 are beginning a second battle, but this time against people's denial of the virus and stigmatisation against the sick (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : DRCongo inaugurates virus care centre in capital

9th - Higher Ed
Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi inaugurates an intensive care unit dedicated to Covid-19 patients at the Kinshasa Medical Centre (CMK) set to open next week (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : "It was time for African music to explode in France": Fally Ipupa

9th - Higher Ed
It was about time that African music exploded in France," confided Fally Ipupa, the international star from DRC, discussing his latest album "Tokooos II" and the influence of African melodies in urban music (Footage by AFPTV via Getty...
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CLEAN : Unfinished history: 60 years after the murder of DRC hero Lumumba

9th - Higher Ed
A lonely statue of DR Congo's independence hero Patrice Lumumba marks the spot where he was assassinated 60 years ago on Sunday, weeds encroaching on the unfinished and largely forgotten roadside memorial (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : DRCongo authorities lift ban on song criticising public hospital

9th - Higher Ed
Congolese authorities have lifted the banning of a song by popular local singer X which criticised poor conditions in one of the country's largest public hospitals (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : DR Congo: urban development project in Kinshasa 'not yet delivered'

9th - Higher Ed
Ten years after its launch, the Cité du Fleuve marks the failure of a high-end urban development project in Kinshasa, where luxury residences are in full swing next to the slums (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : DR Congo launches AstraZeneca vaccine drive

9th - Higher Ed
The Democratic Republic of Congo launches a vaccination campaign against Covid-19 in the capital Kinshasa, with top officials and foreign envoys stressing the safety of the AstraZeneca jab (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)