While India marks its independence on August 15, five other nations also celebrate their freedom on this significant date. These include South Korea, North Korea, Bahrain, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Liechtenstein.
Armed attackers stole a "large quantity" of gold from the convoy that belonged to a Chinese mining company in the South Kivu province.
An earthquake on the border of Congo and Rwanda on Tuesday -- measured 5.3 magnitude by the Rwandan Seismic Monitor and the strongest of more than 100 tremors that have followed Saturday's eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano -- destroyed several buildings in the DRC's eastern city of Goma.
New York: The deadly Ebola virus that has killed over 3,300 people in West Africa since its current outbreak was confirmed in March, was christened in 1976 after a river.The virus first surfaced and caused
Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said the outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is ‘a distinct and independent event' with no relationship to the epidemic in West Africa.Based on virus sequencing
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