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Death toll from east DR Congo floods reach 400

The provincial governor of the east Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, May 8, 2023, said the death toll from floods that devastated two...

WFP highlights Africa’s biggest hunger crisis at pope’s visit to DRC

UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday, February 2, 2023, said that aid agencies faced growing demands and shrinking funds in the Democratic Republic...

Hands off Africa, Pope Francis tells rich world

Pope Francis has denounced the “poison of greed” driving conflicts in Africa, saying the rich world needs to realise that people are more precious...

Activists seek visiting Pope Francis’ support in halting DRC oil projects

As Pope Francis kicks off his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, climate activists are set to hold...

Congo floods, landslides kill at least 120 in Kinshasa

At least 120 people are dead after heavy rains in the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the government. The rainfall...

Groups hand over 100,000-signature petition calling DRC’s president to stop new oil development

More than 100,000 people have signed a petition calling on President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to end the development...

Campaigners flay DRC’s plan to auction oil blocks in Congo Basin

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is planning to auction off 16 blocks of land to the oil industry, albeit in...

DRC declares 14th Ebola outbreak over

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday, July 4, 2022, declared the end of the Ebola outbreak that erupted less than three months ago in Mbandaka, the capital of Equateur Province in...

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A just world on a safe planet: Study quantifies Earth system boundaries

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PACJA supports US, EU lawmakers’ call for UAE’s withdrawal of oil mogul as COP28 President

On May 23, 2023, Lawmakers from the European Parliament and the US Congress released a statement where they added...

On World No Tobacco Day, pressure mounts to make Big Tobacco pay

As the global community commemorates the World No Tobacco Day, tobacco control groups – Corporate Accountability and the Corporate...

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PACJA supports US, EU lawmakers’ call for UAE’s withdrawal of oil mogul as COP28 President

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