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CERF allocates $1.3 million to mitigate cholera in the Congo
25 November 2011: The Central Emergency Response Fund has allocated more than $1.3 million to UNICEF and WHO in response to a cholera outbreak in the Congo. Communities affected by the current...
Congo: Location Map (2011)
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Government and the UN train to better serve Congo’s indigenous populations
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of The Congo – 21 November 2011 – Government officials, heads of UN agencies, and representatives of indigenous peoples are attending a week-long workshop intended to raise...
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Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to the Project in the Republic of Congo
On Monday, November 7, the United Nations (UN) decided to extend assistance totalling 4,145,240 US dollars (approximately 369 million yen) through the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to...
Cholera outbreak DREF operation n° MDRCG009
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate...
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Funding shortfall threatens food for 120,000 Congolese refugees, UN warns
14 October 2011 – Some 120,000 refugees who fled ethnic violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (RDC) two years ago to seek shelter in the neighbouring Republic of Congo, will go without...
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Brazzaville: les réfugiés de la Likouala bientôt sans assistance alimentaire
Le Programme alimentaire mondial (PAM) a annoncé le week-end dernier à Brazzaville la fin de ses stocks de vivres destinés à assister 120 milles réfugiés de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC)...
The Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances concludes its visit to the Republic of the Congo
BRAZZAVILLE (3 October 2011) – A delegation of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, composed of Mr. Olivier de Frouville and Mr. Osman El-Hajjé, visited the...
Le Groupe de travail sur les disparitions forcées ou involontaires conclut sa visite en République du Congo
BRAZZAVILLE (3 octobre 2011) – Une délégation du Groupe de travail des Nations Unies sur les disparitions forcées ou involontaires, composée de M. Olivier de Frouville et M. Osman El-Hajjé, a visité...
UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances in first mission to Congo
GENEVA (23 September 2011) – The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances* will undertake its first visit to the Republic of the Congo from 24 September to 3 October...
Première mission du Groupe de travail des Nations Unies sur les disparitions forcées ou involontaires en République du Congo
GENÈVE (23 septembre 2011) - Le Groupe de travail des Nations Unies sur les disparitions forcées ou involontaires* entreprendra sa première visite en République du Congo du 24 septembre au 3 octobre...
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Congo Brazzaville and Benin sign accord to fight child trafficking
POINTE NOIRE, Republic of the Congo, 21 September 2011 – The governments of the Republic of Congo and Benin have signed a land mark agreement to protect children from child trafficking, which in...
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Congo-Gabon: Former refugees unwilling to return home
BRAZZAVILLE, 16 September 2011 (IRIN) - The refugee status of 9,500 people from the Republic of Congo, who have been in neighbouring Gabon since the late 1990s, expired on 31 July, but many are still...
A cut too far? C-sections increase after policy change
BRAZZAVILLE, 15 September 2011 (IRIN) - A health policy shift that saw the introduction in May of free Caesarean section operations in 35 hospitals across the Republic of Congo - to curb the growing...
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GIEWS Country Briefs: Congo 13-September-2011
FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Crops benefited from adequate rainfall Staple Food prices declined compared to 2010 Civil insecurity in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo led to an increase in the...
Caring for the most vulnerable of the vulnerable: orphans in Brazzaville
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo, September 12 (UNHCR) – In his traumatic young life, Alphonse has been forced to flee his country, lost his mother and been accused of witchcraft. But while the...
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In Brief: Cholera claims 20 lives in Congo
BRAZZAVILLE, 29 August 2011 (IRIN) - Cholera has killed 20 people among 341 infected in Congo since an outbreak began in June, officials said. The outbreak is thought to have spread from neighbouring...
Le choléra tue au Congo-Brazzaville
Vingt personnes sont mortes de choléra sur les 344 cas enregistrés en République du Congo. L’information est donnée par le docteur Alexis Tokekias, directeur général de la santé. Les autorités...
Congolese refugee applauds URCS tracing services
By Terrence Omonya - Regional Manager, Hoima KAZIGE BORAUZIMA FRANCINE, a Congolese refugee who now lives in Australia was one time displaced and did not know where his mother was but had partial...