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Adoption bottleneck

CaPRI exposes institutional weaknesses in Jamaica’s system

Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter

February 8 12:20 AM

Adoption bottleneck

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Chasing sunshine and freedom

Jamaican returns home after 60 years in England

Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com

February 8 12:18 AM

Chasing sunshine and freedom

Entertainment, ...

Bryce-Davis delivers magical moments in music

MIGUEL A THOMAS Managing editor thomasm@jamaicaobserver.com

February 8 12:16 AM

Bryce-Davis delivers magical moments in music

News

Light at last!

St Elizabeth community celebrates return of power after 3 months in darkness

Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com

February 8 12:14 AM

Light at last!

Football, ...

STONEWALLED

Football lawyer Werners calls out JFF over registration delays

February 8 12:12 AM

Lawyer blasts JFF over player registration delays

Lifestyle

Romae Gordon for Chanel Couture S/S 2026 in Look 31

February 8 12:10 AM

Romae Gordon for Chanel Couture

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‘We will remember The Boogieman’

Veteran broadcaster Barrington ‘Barry G’ Gordon remembered for his voice, spirit, and impact

Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com

February 8 12:07 AM

‘We will remember The Boogieman’

Business

Jamaica’s offshore oil question

What the evidence shows — and why it’s back on the agenda

BY DASHAN HENDRICKS Business content manager hendricksd@jamaicaobserver.com

February 8 12:06 AM

Jamaica’s offshore oil question

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‘At least 200’ feared dead in DR Congo landslide — gov’t

February 1, 2026

KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) — The Democratic Republic of Congo's government said on Sunday it feared "at least 200 dead" in a "massive" landslide that st...

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More than 30,000 flee eastern DR Congo for Burundi—sources

December 9, 2025

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

September 22, 2025

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

September 4, 2025

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’

April 7, 2025

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’

March 24, 2025

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

February 24, 2025

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

February 15, 2025

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

January 25, 2025

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

January 24, 2025

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

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

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

October 3, 2024

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

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

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

August 19, 2024

KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) — Cases of the mpox virus are rising in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as the central African country awaits vaccines fr...

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Fears new ‘most dangerous’ mpox strain could cross borders

June 26, 2024

PARIS, France (AFP)— A new deadlier strain of mpox that transmits more easily between people is killing children and causing miscarriages in the Democ...