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The death toll from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 370 since the beginning of the outbreak that erupted in late July last year, the Ministry of Health said on Monday. Health of the country.
According to the ministry, of the 685 reported cases of haemorrhagic fever, 636 were Ebola cases.
It has also been reported that 245 people have recovered from the virus in this country of Central Africa.
About 49 people died from a haemorrhagic fever, but it was not possible to determine if they had died of the Ebola virus because they had been buried without autopsy.
A total of 63,061 people received an Ebola vaccine in the country as part of a campaign that began Aug. 8.
Ebola – a tropical fever that appeared in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976 – can be transmitted to humans by wild animals.
It could also spread through contact with the body fluids of infected people or those who have succumbed to the virus.
The Ebola virus triggered a global alarm in 2014 when the world's worst outbreak broke out in West Africa, leaving more than 11,300 people dead and 28,600 infected as it invaded Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria. Sierra Leone.
Kenyan police detain nine in connection with deadly attack on hotel
Kenyan detectives arrested nine suspects in connection with the attack on a group of hotels and offices by a Somali activist who killed 21 people, police said on Friday. the search for potential accomplices in the raid was accelerating. President Uhuru Kenyatta rose on Wednesday night. Security forces killed five militants who stormed the resort, forcing hundreds of people into terrifying escapes. "The detectives are looking for a woman suspected of carrying weapons from Kiunga to the port city of Mombasa in Nairobi," said a police official who did not want to be named, referring to a region close to the border. Somali border. Dozens of people were killed and injured as a result of Congo's election results: UNUN calls on Zimbabwe to stop crackdowns and shoot protesters On Wednesday, Inspector General Joseph Boinnet said he stopped two people in connection with the attacks. The police official did not say when the other seven were arrested. Al Shabaab, an al-Qaeda affiliate based in Somalia who is fighting to impose strict Islamic law, said he had led the badault on the high-end complex dusitD2 following the president's decision American Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.Kenya, hub of East Africa Multinational corporations and the United Nations have become a frequent target for Al Shabaab after Kenya has sent troops to neighboring Somalia in 2011 to try to create a buffer zone along its border.Sixteen Kenyans, including a policeman, a US survivor of September 11, 2001 Al Qaeda attacks in the United States and a British development agent were among the victims of the 14 Riverside Drive hotel attack. Images of the battered body of five attackers were broadcast on social media when Kenyatta announced the end of the siege, echoing an al Shabaab badault in 2013, which killed 67 people in the Westgate Mall in the same district. Algeria has announced the presidential election of April 18th. Activists kill more than 100 soldiers in northeastern Nigeria since late December: humanitarian agencies
UN: Dozens of people killed and injured as a result of Congo elections
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Kagame says Africans must solve the problem of the DRC without outsiders
African leaders from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Great Lakes Region met on Thursday to find ways to support the democratic process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The meeting in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, under the auspices of the African Union Commission, was convened following an appeal by Rwandan President Paul Kagame, current president of the African Union. African Union. "There were difficulties with the electoral process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and [we] have the opportunity to be helpful and support the search for a solution, "said Kagame. Kagame revealed that post-election tensions intensified when outside observers, some of whom were not officially appointed, began making statements. African leaders felt the need to get involved in the affairs of African Union member countries, because not doing so would be "a way to invite foreigners to meddle in their affairs" said Kagame. The President of the African Union, Moussa Faki, said that this meeting was an expression of solidarity with the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo. "If the transition succeeds, we will lay the groundwork for democratization in the DRC," he added. The DRC held elections on December 30 for its first democratic transfer of power after the country gained political independence in 1960 from Belgium. But the results were examined after the two declared losers disputed the results of the poll. On Thursday, opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi was declared the winner by the electoral commission with 38.57% of the vote. Rival Martin Fayulu, with 34.8%, appealed the result to the country's constitutional court.
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