Summary of outputs: A total of 1,258 items destroyed, weighing 11,973 kg (11.9 metric tons) Items destroyed included - 21 x OFAB 500 aircraft bombs - 7 x 122mm 9M22M rockets - 29 x 100mm(APDST, HE,...
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More than 16,000 Congolese children will be saved by 2013 through the 'Life Savers' initiative
Brazzaville Congo, 23 December 2008 - Great ideas often have humble beginnings. Such is the story of "Les Gestes qui Sauvent," (Life Savers), which started in March 2008, when a group of committed...
Republic of Congo launches 'roadmap' for flour fortification
POINTE NOIRE, Republic of Congo, 22 December 2008 - Congo has launched a 'roadmap' to reduce the prevalence of iron-deficiency anaemia among children and pregnant women by least 30 per cent by 2013...
Congo-Brazza : l'opposition réclame l'ouverture d'un dialogue
Par Le Potentiel Les partis d'opposition exigent la suspension de la révision des listes électorale d'un dialogue avec le gouvernement afin d'organiser une élection présidentielle crédible et...
Congo: Red Cross sets sights on cholera
BRAZZAVILLE, 12 December 2008 (IRIN) The lack of clean drinking water and proper hygiene fuelled the spread of cholera in the south and southwest of the Republic of Congo, says the Congolese Red...
MAG signs Accord de Siège in the Republic of Congo
More than 1,200 dangerous items destroyed since mid-October MAG has become only the 56th organisation to have signed a comprehensive Accord de Siège with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and...
Congo: Government moves to curb food inflation "taking time"
BRAZZAVILLE, 2 December 2008 (IRIN) - Government measures aimed at reducing the cost of staple commodities in the Republic of Congo, where salaries have remained unchanged for years, have failed to...
Congo + 5 more
Flood affected areas in Central and East Africa (as of 24 Nov 2008)
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Congo: Flooding raises health risks
BRAZZAVILLE, 19 November 2008 (IRIN) - The torrential rains experienced in Brazzaville every year at this time spread sewage in the streets and sometimes bury houses in sand carried along by the...
Le Congo lance la fortification de la farine en fer pour lutter contre la malnutrition
Brazzaville, Congo, 14 novembre 2008 - Le gouvernement du Congo en partenariat avec la MINOCO (minoterie du Congo) et avec l'appui du Fonds des Nations Unies Pour l'enfance (UNICEF), a procédé...
Congo kicks off roadmap for wheat flour fortification with iron to combat malnutrition
Brazzaville, Congo,14 November 2008 The roadmap for wheat flour fortification was launched last Wednesday, November 12th, in Pointe Noire, (Congo's economic capital) by the Government in partnership...
Congo: Disease devastates cassava crop, threatens widespread hunger
BRAZZAVILLE, 13 November 2008 (IRIN) 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 spread to most...
Congo: Heavy rains cause havoc, raise fears of disease outbreaks
BRAZZAVILLE, 7 November 2008 (IRIN) - 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 raining for...
Republic of Congo: Cholera Outbreak DREF Operation No. MDRCG004 Update No. 2
GLIDE No. EP-2008-000100-COG The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of unearmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial...
US $8.6 million IFAD grant to Congo will improve plant materials and seeds and provide food security for rural poor people
Press release No.: IFAD/50/08 Rome, 8 October 2008 - A US$8.6 million grant to the Republic of Congo from IFAD will enhance the production of improved plant materials and seeds and support the...
Japan funds destruction of arms in Congo
Congolese authorities destroyed thousands of arms and munitions on Tuesday collected from ex-fighters in the country's civil conflicts. Michel Balima of the UN Development Programme, Congo office,...
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US $242.655 from IFAD in loans and grants for rural poverty programmes and projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Near East and Central and Eastern Europe
Press release No.: IFAD/42/08 IFAD's Executive Board concludes meeting in Rome Rome, 15 September 2008 - IFAD's Executive Board approved more than US$177.41 million in loans and US$60.235 million in...
Congo: Government sets sights on infant mortality
BRAZZAVILLE, 20 August 2008 (IRIN) The Republic of Congo's government has launched a nationwide weeklong campaign of action aimed at tackling the country's high rates of infant, juvenile and maternal...
Congo: Free anti-malaria drug campaign gaining ground
BRAZZAVILLE, 8 August 2008 (IRIN) - 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 countrywide trials...
Congo: Maternal and infant death rates too high - minister says
BRAZZAVILLE, 5 August 2008 (IRIN) - Maternal and infant mortality rates in the Republic of Congo have remained worryingly high despite measures to reduce them, a senior government official said. "The...