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Republic of the Congo

Coordinates: 1°26′24″S 15°33′22″E / 1.44°S 15.556°E / -1.44; 15.556

The Republic of the Congo (French: République du Congo), also known as Congo, Congo Republic,West Congo, or Congo-Brazzaville, is a country located in Central Africa. It is bordered by five countries: Gabon to the west; Cameroon to the northwest; the Central African Republic to the northeast; the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the east and south; and the Angolan exclave of Cabinda to the southwest.

The region was dominated by Bantu-speaking tribes, who built trade links leading into the Congo River basin. Congo-Brazzaville was formerly part of the French colony of Equatorial Africa. Upon independence in 1960, the former colony of French Congo became the Republic of the Congo. The People's Republic of the Congo was a Marxist–Leninist one-party state from 1970 to 1991. Multi-party elections have been held since 1992, although a democratically elected government was ousted in the 1997 Republic of the Congo Civil War and President Denis Sassou Nguesso has ruled for 26 of the past 36 years.

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First two UN peacekeepers die of coronavirus

Deccan Herald 30 May 2020

Two UN peacekeepers in Mali have died from the coronavirus, officials said Friday ... For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here ... The next-worst affected missions are in Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), with 21 cases of infection and three recovered, and in Central African Republic, with 17 cases of infection and two recovered ... ....

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Pakistani peacekeeper awarded Dag Hammarskjold medal

Dawn 30 May 2020

Pakistani peacekeeper Sepoy Amir Aslam, who served the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was posthumously awarded the Dag Hammarskjold medal by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at a ceremony held at the UN headquarters on Friday ... ....

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Boston's Museum of Fine Arts to buy work from 24 artists

Kentucky New Era 30 May 2020

... pieces are set to kick off in June, starting with a piece of art dedicated to immigrant workers and another honoring the first democratically-elected prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo....

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Where was the video showing 'people ill with Covid-19' dancing in a hospital really filmed?

France24 30 May 2020

... while others saying the scene took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo....

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UN announces first 2 deaths of UN peacekeepers from COVID-19

Beaumont Enterprise 30 May 2020

peacekeepers from COVID-19. He made the announcement at a ceremony marking the International Day of U.N ... mission in Congo, 17 in Central African Republic, three each in South Sudan and Cyprus, and one each in Lebanon, the U.N.-African Union mission in Sudan’s Darfur region, and the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization in the Middle East....

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Corona checks affect food deliveries in East Africa

Deccan Chronicle 30 May 2020

Kampala ... “We could have problems feeding our beneficiaries if the situation doesn’t improve,” Julie MacDonald, WFP’s deputy director in Uganda told Reuters ... Uganda is the main transit point for cargo from Mombasa en route to Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo .......

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Africa wants the same opportunity as the West had to develop

The National 30 May 2020

The West used coal to power its industrial revolution and now many developing countries argue they should not be held back from using this abundant resource to do the same ... Read more. ... Much of its power will be exported to neighbouring countries such as Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, both of which experience chronic energy shortages ... ....

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Nigeria seeks local remedy for COVID-19

China Daily 30 May 2020

  ... As of May 29, Nigeria had recorded 8,915 cases, 259 deaths and 2,592 recoveries ... The island nation has already sent the remedy known as Covid Organics to several African countries including Tanzania, Guinea Bissau, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Comoros, Senegal, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Niger, Comoros and Liberia ... ....

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UAE to witness a partial solar eclipse on June 21

Gulf News 30 May 2020

Dubai ... The phenomena will last two hours 57 minutes and 17 seconds from 8.14am until 11.12am with the maximum eclipse timed at around 9.36am ... Dubai Astronomy Club. The annular phase of this solar eclipse is visible from parts of Africa including the Central African Republic, Congo, and Ethiopia; south of Pakistan and northern India; and China ... Don’t......

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Women peacekeepers

Dawn 30 May 2020

IN January 2020, the first-ever female Pakistani UN peacekeeping team received recognition for serving in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), known as one of the most dangerous war fronts in the world for women ... Pakistani women are providing leadership in war zones ... The work in Yemen was gruelling and dangerous ... Twitter. @binashah ... ....

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'Is pork essential?' In a Smithfield town, a coronavirus-plagued meat factory comes back to life

Finger Lakes Times 30 May 2020

SIOUX FALLS, S.D ... outbreaks ... We have bills ... 8, 2011 ... He also prayed for the workers at the factory, a place where he once knew many of the men on the floor before they retired and influxes of immigration - first from Mexico and Central America and later from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan and Ethiopia - changed its makeup over the decades....

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At This Designer’s Futuristic Fashion Show, Everyone Sits Front Row

Vogue 29 May 2020

The voluminous Kinshasa pleated minidress – named for the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo – opened the show, its colours a match for those of the Congolese flag ... in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an issue Mvuemba was keen that her designs should reflect....

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Pakistan’s women peacekeepers make their mark

Gulf News 29 May 2020

Among the fallen heroes honoured on the International Day of UN Peacekeepers (May 29) is a Pakistani, Sepoy Amir Aslam, who served with the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)....