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2025 still a bumper year — I-Octane
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WEST INDIES PETROLEUM TERMINAL FILES FOR $5.59-B JSE LISTING
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WEST INDIES PETROLEUM TERMINAL FILES FOR $5.59-B JSE LISTING
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December 10 12:14 AM
West Indies Petroleum seeks JSE listing
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Guardian General partners with CCRIF on new micro-insurance product
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Sygnus parks big money in Lakes Pen
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NAIROBI, Kenya(AFP)—More than 30,000 people have fled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for Burundi in a week, sources told AFP on Tuesday after th...
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Clashes in DR Congo despite peace efforts
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KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) — Intense clashes between anti-government M23 fighters and armed forces have taken place in eastern DR Congo in recent days i...
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New Ebola outbreak in DR Congo kills 15 — health minister
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New Ebola outbreak in DR Congo kills 15 — health minister
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KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) — Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have declared a new outbreak of the Ebola virus, which has killed 15...
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Kagame tells countries sanctioning Rwanda to ‘go to hell’
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Kagame tells countries sanctioning Rwanda to ‘go to hell’
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KIGALI, Rwanda (AFP)— Rwandan President Paul Kagame said Monday that countries sanctioning Kigali could "go to hell", weeks after some nations imposed...
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South Africa and DRC discuss boosting ‘defence capabilities’
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Johannesburg, South Africa (AFP)—The Democratic Republic of Congo's defence minister began a visit to South Africa Monday aimed at strengthening "stra...
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Over 7,000 killed in eastern DR Congo since January: PM
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Over 7,000 killed in eastern DR Congo since January: PM
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Geneva, Switzerland (AFP)--Violence raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed "more than 7,000 compatriots", many of them civilians, s...
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UN chief warns against regional war over DR Congo at Africa summit
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (AFP)--United Nations (UN)  chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday demanded the Democratic Republic of Congo's "territorial integrit...
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Six peacekeepers killed as fighting rages in DR Congo
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Six peacekeepers killed as fighting rages in DR Congo
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GOMA, Undefined (AFP) -- Six foreign peacekeepers have been killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting between the Congolese army ...
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Over 400,000 displaced this year in east DRC violence— UN
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Over 400,000 displaced this year in east DRC violence— UN
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)— More than 400,000 people have already been displaced this year due to intensifying violence in the eastern Democratic Repub...
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One in four in DR Congo face acute food insecurity— UN
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One in four in DR Congo face acute food insecurity— UN
October 28, 2024
ROME, Italy (AFP)— Almost one in four people in the Democratic Republic of Congo face acute food insecurity with conflict having displaced millions of...
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DR Congo launches mpox vaccination drive, hoping to curb outbreak
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DR Congo launches mpox vaccination drive, hoping to curb outbreak
October 5, 2024
GOMA, DR Congo (AFP)— The Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicentre of an mpox epidemic, launched a vaccination campaign against the virus on Saturd...
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More than 800 mpox deaths recorded across Africa
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More than 800 mpox deaths recorded across Africa
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP)— More than 800 people across Africa have died from mpox, the African Union's disease control centre said Thursday, warning the ep...
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DR Congo gets 50,000 mpox vaccine delivery from US
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DR Congo gets 50,000 mpox vaccine delivery from US
September 10, 2024
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) — Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) received on Tuesday 50,000 more vaccine doses from the United States to fight the countr...
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Mpox disease presents hard-to-weigh risks
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Mpox disease presents hard-to-weigh risks
August 21, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP) — As fears mount globally about mpox, apparently simple questions such as the danger it poses and differences between variants do ...
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Mpox cases rise in DR Congo as country awaits vaccines
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Mpox cases rise in DR Congo as country awaits vaccines
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Fears new ‘most dangerous’ mpox strain could cross borders
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Fears new ‘most dangerous’ mpox strain could cross borders
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PARIS, France (AFP)— A new deadlier strain of mpox that transmits more easily between people is killing children and causing miscarriages in the Democ...
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WEST INDIES PETROLEUM TERMINAL FILES FOR $5.59-B JSE LISTING
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