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SRHA scurries to fill specialist vacancies following Cuban doctors’ departure
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April 7 12:20 AM
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Kasey Williams | Reporter 
April 7 12:18 AM
Soldier charged in girlfriend’s murder due in court Wednesday
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Yaksta set to ‘Roar’ into new era
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Yaksta set to ‘Roar’ into new era
Artiste unapologetic about musical direction as he readies album
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
April 7 12:16 AM
Yaksta set to
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Douglas smashes Under-20 200m record twice in a week
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Douglas smashes Under-20 200m record twice in a week
April 7 12:14 AM
Douglas smashes Under-20 200m record twice in a week
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JFF president to shut door on foreign coaches; wants Speid and Coley to continue long term
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April 7 12:12 AM
JFF boss to shut door on foreign
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Congrats, JUNELLE & NOAH
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MoBay Perimeter Road on track for Sept deadline, says Morgan
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April 7 12:05 AM
MoBay Perimeter Road on track for Sept deadline, says Morgan
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More World Cup heartbreak for Jamaica, beaten in play-off by DR Congo
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More World Cup heartbreak for Jamaica, beaten in play-off by DR Congo
March 31, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz suffered a final heartbreak in their bid to reach to the FIFA Men’s World Cup for the first time since 1998 ...
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Reggae Boyz, DR Congo locked 0-0 at halftime
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Reggae Boyz, DR Congo locked 0-0 at halftime
March 31, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica and the Democratic Republic of Congo were locked at 0-0 at halftime in their FIFA Inter-Continental play-off final game at...
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‘At least 200’ feared dead in DR Congo landslide — gov’t
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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
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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
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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
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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’
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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’
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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
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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...
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SRHA scurries to fill specialist vacancies following Cuban doctors’ departure
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April 7, 2026
RECRUITMENT RUSH
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Soldier charged in girlfriend’s murder due in court Wednesday
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Soldier charged in girlfriend’s murder due in court Wednesday
Kasey Williams | Reporter 
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Soldier charged in girlfriend’s murder due in court Wednesday
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Yaksta set to ‘Roar’ into new era
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Yaksta set to ‘Roar’ into new era
Artiste unapologetic about musical direction as he readies album
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
April 7, 2026
Yaksta set to
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Douglas smashes Under-20 200m record twice in a week
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Douglas smashes Under-20 200m record twice in a week
April 7, 2026
Douglas smashes Under-20 200m record twice in a week
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KEEPING IT JAMAICAN
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KEEPING IT JAMAICAN
JFF president to shut door on foreign coaches; wants Speid and Coley to continue long term
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April 7, 2026
JFF boss to shut door on foreign
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