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WHO Declares Mpox A Global Public Health Emergency

A child caught mpox gets treatment at a hospital in the Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on August 15, 2024. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Wednesday mpox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), sounding the alarm over its potential for further international transmission. WHO's declaration came after the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared the ongoing mpox outbreak a public health emergency for the continent. Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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WHO Declares Mpox A Global Public Health Emergency

A child caught mpox is seen at a hospital in the Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on August 15, 2024. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Wednesday mpox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), sounding the alarm over its potential for further international transmission. WHO's declaration came after the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared the ongoing mpox outbreak a public health emergency for the continent. Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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WHO Declares Mpox A Global Public Health Emergency

A child caught mpox gets treatment at a hospital in the Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on August 15, 2024. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Wednesday mpox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), sounding the alarm over its potential for further international transmission. WHO's declaration came after the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared the ongoing mpox outbreak a public health emergency for the continent. Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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WHO Declares Mpox A Global Public Health Emergency

A child caught mpox gets treatment at a hospital in the Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on August 15, 2024. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Wednesday mpox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), sounding the alarm over its potential for further international transmission. WHO's declaration came after the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared the ongoing mpox outbreak a public health emergency for the continent. Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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WHO Declares Mpox A Global Public Health Emergency

People are seen at a hospital in the Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on August 15, 2024. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Wednesday mpox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), sounding the alarm over its potential for further international transmission. WHO's declaration came after the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared the ongoing mpox outbreak a public health emergency for the continent. Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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WHO Declares Mpox A Global Public Health Emergency

A child caught mpox gets treatment at a hospital in the Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on August 15, 2024. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Wednesday mpox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), sounding the alarm over its potential for further international transmission. WHO's declaration came after the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared the ongoing mpox outbreak a public health emergency for the continent. Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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WHO Declares Mpox A Global Public Health Emergency

A child caught mpox gets treatment at a hospital in the Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on August 15, 2024. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Wednesday mpox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), sounding the alarm over its potential for further international transmission. WHO's declaration came after the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared the ongoing mpox outbreak a public health emergency for the continent. Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cholera outbreak in eastern DR Congo threatening displaced persons: UN

STORY: Cholera outbreak in eastern DR Congo threatening displaced persons: UN DATELINE: Aug. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:45 LOCATION: Kinshasa CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of an internally displaced persons (IDP) site of Bulengo 2. SOUNDBITE (French): AMINA BAKUNDA, Doctor at the Cholera Treatment Center 3. various of a Red Cross worker talking to displaced people on cholera STORYLINE: A cholera outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) threatens more than 1 million displaced persons, many living precariously, UN humanitarians said on Monday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the outbreak is in North Kivu province, with areas of Goma, Karisimbi, Masisi and Nyiragongo particularly impacted. "Health authorities have registered 1,800 confirmed and suspected cases between March 13-19 compared to some 1,000 cases the previous week," the humanitarian office said. Since the beginning of the year to last week, more than 6,200 cases had been registered. O

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Facing potential eruption, DR Congo volcanic monitoring impeded by ongoing war

STORY: Facing potential eruption, DR Congo volcanic monitoring impeded by ongoing war DATELINE: March 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:40 LOCATION: GOMA, DR Congo CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Nyamulagira volcano, DR Congo 2. various of the Goma Volcanological Observatory (OVG), DR Congo 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): KASEREKA MAHINDA, Scientific director at OVG 4. various of a temporary shelter near Goma, DR Congo 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): CHANCE BARAMBESHA, Victim of Nyiragongo volcano eruption in 2021 6. various of people 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Swahili): CHARLOTTE BUTERA, Displaced civilian STORYLINE: As the Nyamulagira volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been experiencing volcanic activities since Monday evening, the Goma Volcanological Observatory (OVG) claims that their job is held by the ongoing war that is shaking the region. "A fiery glow was observed at the top of the Nyamulagira volcano," the volcanological observatory said in a statement last Monday, adding that current s

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Unrest in D.R. Congo

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo - Photo dated Dec. 1, 2012, shows a man riding a "chukudu," a two-wheeled vehicle used to carry loads, in Goma, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In the background is fuming Mt. Nyiragongo, a volcano that erupted in 2002. (Photo by Takeshi Kuno)

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Civilians fleeing clashes in northeast DR Congo

STORY: Civilians fleeing clashes in northeast DR Congo DATELINE: July 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: GOMA, DR Congo CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people seeking asylum in a village of the Rutshuru territory, NE DR Congo 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): SEBUJANGWE RUKIZA, Displaced civilian 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): SENDUGU MIRENGE, Displaced civilian STORYLINE: Clashes between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) army and rebels of the March 23 Movement (M23) continued in Rutshuru territory, in northeastern DRC, over the past few days, according to a report released Wednesday by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Since July 1, about 2,700 people have reportedly fled their homes to settle in Rutshuru center, Kiwanja and villages between Kalengera and Rumangabo, joining more than 160,000 people displaced across Rutshuru and Nyiragongo territories since March 2022. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): SEBUJANGWE RUKIZA, Displaced civilian "What caused us to flee our ho

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DR Congo artists hold self-designed fashion show in refugee camp

STORY: DR Congo artists hold self-designed fashion show in refugee camp DATELINE: April 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:31 LOCATION: GOMA, DR Congo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the fashion show in a refugee camp in Goma, NE DR Congo 2. SOUNDBITE (French): PATRICK MUHINDO, Director of the workshop Kuliko Art 3. SOUNDBITE (French): MAGUMBA VIRGINIE, Model STORYLINE: A fashion show was held Friday in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Goma, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to commemorate the lives lost in natural disasters and armed conflicts in the region. Bypaths of the refugee camp, shelter for the displaced victims of the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in May 2021, have been turned into a runway by Patrick Muhindo, director of a local art workshop Kuliko Art. SOUNDBITE (French): PATRICK MUHINDO, Director of the workshop Kuliko Art "We, the stylists and models of Kuliko Art, came to this camp of victims who lost their belongings during a volcanic eruption. We came to help them out on

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Victims of volcanic eruption in NE DR Congo in dire need of clean drinking water

STORY: Victims of volcanic eruption in NE DR Congo in dire need of clean drinking water DATELINE: April 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:10 LOCATION: GOMA, DR Congo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the victims living in the refuge site 2. SOUDBITE 1 (Swahili): SHURKURU KAMONYO ELIE, President of the Kayembe refuge site 3. SOUDBITE 2 (Swahili): MARIA KABIBI, Resident at the Kayembe site 4. SOUDBITE 3 (Swahili): ZAWADI MUSAFIRI, Resident at the Kayembe site STORYLINE: Without access to clean drinking water for three months, about two hundred victims of the eruption of the Mount Nyiragongo, in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), are affected by scabies. SOUDBITE 1 (Swahili): SHURKURU KAMONYO ELIE, President of the Kayembe refuge site "It's been almost a month and a half since the scabies invaded us. We have at least 175 adults and children who are affected by this disease. I think this is due to the lack of permanent access to drinking water but also to the poor living conditions." The

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Int'l conference held in Goma, DR Congo to strengthen management on volcanoes

STORY: Int'l conference held in Goma, DR Congo to strengthen management on volcanoes DATELINE: March 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:18 LOCATION: GOMA, DR Congo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the first international conference on the management of the Virunga Mountains 2. SOUDBITE 1 (French) MUHINDO ADALBERT, Director general of Goma Volcanological Observatory 3. various of people affected by the eruption of Nyiragongo volcano in Goma STORYLINE: The first edition of the international conference on the management of Virunga Mountains concluded on Monday in Goma, capital of the North Kivu province in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The three-day conference aimed to promote scientific exchanges in strengthening management of the Goma Volcanological Observatory (OVG), as well as to prevent the upcoming eruptions of volcanoes in the Virunga Mountains. Goma is home to two active volcanoes, Nyamulagira and Nyiragongo. The Nyiragongo volcano erupted in May 2021, killing at least 32

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