Republic of the Congo

Cholera outbreak in Congo

20 Mayo, 2013 - 07:00
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97661/Cholera-outbreak-in-Congo
BRAZZAVILLE 15 March 2013 (IRIN) - An influx of migrants from the countryside into the Republic of Congo's second largest city, Pointe-Noire, is exacerbating a cholera outbreak that began in November 2012. The outbreak infected at least 389 and killed 10, according to the health ministry and local authorities.

Congo prisons chief admits shortcomings in wake of damning report

14 Marzo, 2013 - 08:45
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97274/Congo-prisons-chief-admits-shortcomings-in-...
BRAZZAVILLE 17 January 2013 (IRIN) - The director-general of Congo’s prison service, Paul Morossa, has admitted serious overcrowding in prisons, but does not think imminent improvements are possible.

Rural Zambia's Drinking Supply Fraught with Danger and Disease

9 Junio, 2012 - 09:53
Origen: 
IPS news - MDG's
URL: 
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=108070

Bupe Bana-Victor has lived in the Mwense district of Luapula Province in
northern Zambia all her life. And for her, water talk is synonymous with the
Luapula River, which lies just 20 metres from her village and snakes through the
entire region before it joins the Lualaba River – a tributary of the mighty Congo,
Africa's second-largest river.

CONGO: Cholera "continues spreading"

15 Mayo, 2012 - 16:15
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94915
BRAZZAVILLE 21 February 2012 (IRIN) - Health authorities in the Republic of Congo have recorded 340 cases of cholera, nine of them fatal, since June 2011, in the northern district of Likouala, and have warned that the disease continues to spread and that some health centres lack sufficient treatment.

Children Lost in Aftermath of Congo's Arms Dump Explosion

16 Marzo, 2012 - 08:49
Origen: 
IPS news - MDG's
URL: 
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107050

Five-year-old Vianey hasn't seen his parents since a series of explosions ripped
through an ammunition dump in Brazzaville on Mar. 4. A stranger, Jules
Bomboko, said he found Vianey days later, wandering around the Tréchot
neighbourhood, a few hundred metres from the site of the blasts.

RIGHTS-DR CONGO: Disabled Left to Fend for Themselves

12 Marzo, 2012 - 01:38
Origen: 
IPS news - MDG's
URL: 
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107003

The outlook for people living with disabilities in the Democratic Republic of
Congo remains bleak, despite a variety of efforts to improve their lot and bring
them in from the margins of society.

Ecosystemes Forestiers d'Afrique Centrale

27 Febrero, 2012 - 12:46
Origen: 
The Water Channel
URL: 
http://www.thewaterchannel.tv/index.php?option=com_hwdvideoshare&task=viewvideo&...

Le rôle que joue la forêt d'Afrique centrale, vaste massif de 228 millions d'hectares d'un seul tenant, dans l'équilibre écologique de notre planete, au regard de la préservation des resources en eau, de la protection des sols contre l'érosion, du maintien de la biodiversité, de la prévention des risques naturelles, de l'épuration de l'air, est un rôle essential et primordial. La conservation et la gestion durable des écosystemes forestiers d'Afrique centrale, ceux du Bassin du Congo notamment, constituent, de ce fait, un enjeu majeur pour l'avenir de l'humanité tout entiere.

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