Measles vaccinations begin in rebel-held Congo almost a year after deadly outbreak

Measles vaccines have arrived in a rebel-held area of eastern Congo nearly a year after a deadly outbreak of the highly ...
Los Angeles Times

In a Congo camp for the displaced, kids turn to chess to keep misery in check

KANYARUCHINYA, Congo — Children sit on the dirt, their clothes ragged and torn, their shoes punctured with holes, but their eyes bright and fixed on what’s playing out in front of them. In a corner of ...
Yahoo

Analysis-New mpox vaccines for Congo's children held up by old problem

LONDON/KINSHASA (Reuters) - Adults started getting vaccinations against mpox in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital this week. But there were no shots available for children, the most vulnerable ...
Portland Press Herald

A chess club for kids thrives in a Congo refugee camp. It’s about more than the game

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Reuters

Children at risk as mpox variant hits Congo displacement camps

GOMA, July 24 (Reuters) - Scars from the mpox pustules are still visible on 7-year old Grace Kabuo’s face, as well as on a handful of her playmates at a camp for displaced people near Goma, in the ...
WUSA

Children from Congo reunited with adoptive parents, as others wait

DULLES, Va. (WUSA9) -- After two and a half years of waiting and thousands of miles of travel, Jennifer Sands held her son in her arms again. "He is always going to be our son. It's just a matter of ...
Yahoo

Undiagnosed disease in Congo puts children, malnourished at risk, WHO says

BERLIN (Reuters) - A mystery disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading mainly among children and putting severely malnourished people at risk, according to the World Health Organization ...
Newsday

Sexual violence against children and women has surged in Congo, charity says

DAKAR, Senegal — The number of children and women who are survivors of sexual violence in Congo surged over four fold over the first half this year, Save The Children said on Thursday, amid a ...
Newsday

A chess club for kids thrives in a Congo refugee camp. It's about more than the game

KANYARUCHINYA, Congo — Children sit on the dirt, their clothes ragged and torn, their shoes punctured with holes, but their eyes bright and fixed on what's playing out in front of them. In a corner of ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

A chess club for kids thrives in a Congo refugee camp. It’s about more than the game

In the midst of one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, a chess club for kids is thriving in a refugee camp in eastern Congo. KANYARUCHINYA, Congo — Children sit on the dirt, their clothes ...
Las Vegas Sun

A chess club for kids thrives in a Congo refugee camp. It’s about more than the game

KANYARUCHINYA, Congo — Children sit on the dirt, their clothes ragged and torn, their shoes punctured with holes, but their eyes bright and fixed on what's playing out in front of them. In a corner of ...