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Coronavirus: WHO expects rapid testing to revolutionise Africa’s response

2h | The Brussels Times

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has promised to roll out rapid testing for the detection of the novel Coronavirus ...

Everything we know about Remdesivir, the FDA-approved COVID-19 treatment drug

21h | New York Post

Remdesivir offered a glimmer of hope in the fight against the coronavirus on April 29 ... was later released in the ...

Ebola Never Went Away. But Now There’s A Drug To Treat It

18h | KPBS

Regeneron — the pharmaceutical company developing COVID-19 treatments — has received FDA approval for the first drug aimed at ...

As COVID-19 increases global food insecurity, less children are receiving nutrition support across conflict-affected states

2d | ReliefWeb

English News and Press Release on Democratic Republic of the Congo and 4 other countries about Food and Nutrition, Health and Epidemic; published on 22 Oct 2020 by IRC ...

Keeping the World’s Last Mountain Gorillas Safe During COVID-19

9h | MSN

“Because gorillas share 98 percent of our DNA, they are highly susceptible to human respiratory viruses,” says Stoinski, ...

U.S. on brink of rampant coronavirus spread, Europe hospitals strained

2d | Reuters

Medics bring a patient suspected of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case, to a hospital in Bialystok, Poland, April 1, 2020.

Denis Mukwege: Congo's Challenges Compounded by COVID-19

4d | NHK

The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening social stability, especially in countries already troubled by internal conflict, such as ...

Congo Square Theatre’s online series aims for an ‘authentic’ social justice voice

2d | Chicago Sun-Times

The company’s “Hit ‘Em on the Blackside” is an online series that addresses timely topics. Congo Square Theatre’s new online ...

The Global Crisis of COVID-19: A Comprehensive Response Fall 2020

16h | ReliefWeb

English News and Press Release on World and 8 other countries about Education, Food and Nutrition, Epidemic and more; published on 23 Oct 2020 by IRC ...

IRC COVID-19 response report - Fall 2020

18h | International Rescue Committee

The nearly 80 million refugees and displaced people around the world now face an unimaginable double emergency: conflict and displacement, alongside COVID-19 and the global economic crisis it has ...

Keeping the World’s Last Mountain Gorillas Safe During COVID-19

9h | MSN

“Because gorillas share 98 percent of our DNA, they are highly susceptible to human respiratory viruses,” says Stoinski, ...

DR Congo's latest Ebola outbreak 'under control'

6d | Medical Xpress

The latest Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now under control, the man leading the fight against the ...

Column One: What this West African village's Ebola fight can teach the U.S. about COVID-19

1d | Yahoo! News

A reporter who covered an Ebola outbreak in West Africa discovers troubling parallels in the U.S. over the coronavirus, ...

Malnutrition stalks Congo’s overcrowded prisons

11d | Metro US

Friends of 18-year-old Muno Lembissa said he died in prison from sorrow. The jail’s director said malnutrition contributed to ...

The Global Crisis of COVID-19: A Comprehensive Response Fall 2020

16h | ReliefWeb

English News and Press Release on World and 8 other countries about Education, Food and Nutrition, Epidemic and more; published on 23 Oct 2020 by IRC ...

The impact of COVID-19 on global extreme poverty

2d | Brookings Institution

How has COVID-19 affected extreme income poverty across the world? We may never know the full answer. Poverty data is ...

Uganda says to spend extra $535 mln in 2020/21 FY, including on roads in Congo

3d | Nasdaq

Uganda plans to spend an extra 2 trillion shillings ($535 million) in the financial year ending June 2021 to help finance various projects including roads in neighbouring Congo, the Finance Ministry ...

Does covid-19 raise the risk of violent conflict? Not everywhere.

8d | Washington Post

The situation in Iraq illustrates how the coronavirus threat and policy responses to the pandemic could lead to an increase ...

Pope taps cardinal from Congo to join group of key advisors

8d | StarTribune

Pope Francis named the archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo, to his core group of cardinal advisers Thursday, giving the African prelate an influential new role in helping shape Vatican policy.

How the World’s Last Mountain Gorillas Are Being Kept Safe During COVID-19

4d | AFAR on MSN.com

Photo by Mary Ann McDonald/Shutterstock A family of mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda Just 10 minutes ...

FDA to let AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine trials resume in the US

18h | Daily Mail on MSN.com

More than a month after the global trial pause and long after international trials resumed, FDA regulators will finally let ...

Does covid-19 raise the risk of violent conflict? Not everywhere.

8d | Washington Post

The situation in Iraq illustrates how the coronavirus threat and policy responses to the pandemic could lead to an increase ...

Emergency Food Needs Surge as COVID-19 Continues to Spread

3d | Voice of America

The World Food Program reports food insecurity is increasing worldwide because of the devastating socio-economic impact of ...

Feared DR Congo militia springs hundreds from jail

3d | MSN

A feared militia attacked a prison in the restive east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, freeing hundreds of ...

Study identifies dire economic impact of COVID-19 in Africa

8d | Phys.org

A new survey from four African countries on the COVID-19 pandemic shows significant impacts on food security and household ...

More than 1,300 inmates escape from prison in eastern Congo

4d | WAVY

More than 1,300 inmates have escaped from the central prison of Beni in eastern Congo after an attack by rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces, the town’s mayor said ...

Responding to Needs in the Era of COVID-19

11d | International Rescue Committee

Protracted economic, political and security crises have rendered many countries ill-equipped to respond to COVID-19. Within these fragile contexts, refugees and people displaced by conflict and crisis ...

Education & child protection challenges in Eastern DRC: Impact of COVID-19, conflict and policy reform: Thematic series on education – October 2020

4d | ReliefWeb

English Analysis on Democratic Republic of the Congo about Education, Protection and Human Rights and Epidemic; published on 19 Oct 2020 by ACAPS ...

The Latest: Wisconsin breaks its COVID-19 case record

8d | Associated Press on MSN.com

Wisconsin broke the record for new positive coronavirus cases on Friday for the third time in a week as a surge that began in ...

WFP Republic of Congo Country Brief, September 2020

7d | ReliefWeb

English Situation Report on Congo about Agriculture, Contributions, Epidemic, Flood and more; published on 16 Oct 2020 by WFP ...