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Wetenschappers hebben in het Kongobekken in Congo een nieuwe apensoort ontdekt. Het dier werd in 2008 al gespot, maar nu pas als een aparte soort beschreven.

Health authorities declare disease spread to new Haut-Uele province in northeastern Congo after seven deaths confirmed

De arts die met een ebolabesmetting uit DR Congo terugkwam in Frankrijk is hersteld en ontslagen uit het ziekenhuis, meldt de Franse minister van Volksgezondheid Stéphanie Rist zaterdag. Het was het eerste bekende geval van deze ebolavariant op Franse bodem.

Battus 62-82 par la République démocratique du Congo, les Ankoay ont déjà compromis leurs chances de qualification à la troisième fenêtre. Les Ankoay (blanc) n’ont pas pesé lourd durant les deux premiers quarts-temps. La mission s’annonce déjà presque impossible pour les basketteurs malgaches. Opposés à la République démocratique du Congo pour leur premier match de la deuxième fenêtre des éliminatoires de la Coupe du monde FIBA, les Ankoay se sont inclinés sur le score sans appel de 62 à 82 (8-16, 7-27, 30-21, 17-18) à Dakar. Une défaite qui pourrait avoir de lourdes conséquences dans la course à la qualification. Les protégés de Mickaël Pivaud, Head coach des Ankoay, ont pourtant entamé la rencontre avec de bonnes intentions. Mais après six minutes de jeu, l’écart était de huit points (8-16), grâce notamment aux réalisations de Mathias M’Madi, Anthony Rasolomanana et Sitraka Raharimanantoanina. Mais la machine congolaise s’est rapidement mise en marche. Le deuxième quart-temps a été le tournant de la rencont...

Opposés à une courageuse sélection de la République démocratique du Congo en seizièmes de finale, les Three Lions se sont imposés au terme d’une rencontre disputée (2-1), portée par un doublé de leur capitaine Harry Kane. La RD Congo est passée tout près d’un exploit historique. Opposés à l’Angleterre en seizièmes de finale de la […] L’article Coupe du monde 2026 : Harry Kane envoie l’Angleterre en 8es face à la RD Congo est apparu en premier sur Midi Madagasikara.

Harry Kane rescued England from a seismic World Cup shock with two late goals to beat the Democratic Republic of Congo 2-1 in Atlanta and secure a place in the last 16. Aiming to end a 60-year wait to win a major tournament, Thomas Tuchel’s men escaped humiliation and one of England’s worst ever World Cup exits thanks to their talismanic captain after Brian Cipenga’s goal gave Congo an early lead. But the Three Lions will need to improve for the daunting task of facing co-hosts Mexico at the Estadio Azteca in the last 16 on Sunday. Already England’s all-time top goalscorer in the competition, Kane now has 13 World Cup goals and moves onto five for the tournament to remain in the the star-studded battle for the Golden Boot. Defeat ended Congo’s fairytale run on their return to the World Cup for the first time in 52 years. The Leopards had never even won a point or scored a goal at the World Cup until a few weeks ago, but had one of the tournament favourites teetering on the brink of elimination. Tuchel made tw...

Anglia a revenit după un început dificil, a învins RD Congo cu 2-1 și s-a calificat în optimile Campionatului Mondial 2026.

Een tweede wereldtitel: het kan nog altijd voor Engeland. Harry Kane redde zijn land door met twee doelpunten een achterstand om te buigen tegen DR Congo (2-1), waardoor Engeland doorgaat naar de achtste finales van het WK voetbal.

The Democratic Republic of Congo became the latest underdogs to roar at the World Cup on Saturday, battling into the knockout rounds for the first time as Iran’s rollercoaster campaign ended in elimination. A chaotic finale to the tournament’s expanded group phase saw Austria and Algeria fill the final two berths in the last 32 late on Saturday after battling to an extraordinary 3-3 draw in Group J — a result that dashed Iran’s hopes of advancing from their group. A win for either Austria or Algeria would have allowed Iran to squeeze into the last 32, and it looked as if the Asian side would advance when Riyadh Mahrez scored in the third minute of stoppage time to put the Algerians into a 3-2 lead. But Iranian joy was short-lived when Sasa Kalajdzic arrowed in a header in the sixth minute of injury time to snatch a draw for Austria and spark pandemonium in Kansas City. Austria midfielder Marcel Sabitzer, who scored Austria’s second goal, described the closing moments as “weird”. “It’s a draw normally, so you ...

Colombia en Portugal zijn in de nacht van zaterdag op zondag niet tot scoren gekomen in de laatste speelronde van groep K. Congo versloeg Oezbekistan met 2-1 en bereikte als een van de beste nummers drie de volgende ronde.

At least 30 people have died since the start of May in one camp for displaced civilians in northeastern Congo, a death rate that camp officials said was unprecedented, with some confirmed to have died from Ebola in a sign the disease could be spreading fast there. It was not possible to confirm the causes of all the deaths because patients or their relatives in Kigonze camp in Bunia — the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) — had until Thursday refused testing, a camp spokesperson and aid organisation Caritas said. However, all had symptoms including headaches, fever and vomiting, which are associated with Ebola, a camp spokesperson, a bereaved father, three aid sources and a civil society leader told Reuters. People didn’t just die like this before, camp spokesperson Desire Grodya Bapi told Reuters. The deaths in Kigonze, which has more than 15,000 residents, raise fears that Ebola may be circulating undetected among eastern Congo’s over five million displaced people, with r...

Lasibatry ny fanakianana i Cristiano Ronaldo (CR7), taorian’ny lalao nikatrohan’i Portugal sy ny RD Congo, ny alarobia lasa teo. Vokatra nandiso fanantenana ny rehetra satria voatazona sahala ny Seleçao Portuga Tsy ilay ady sahala, 1 sy 1, teo amin’i Portugal sy ny RD Congo no nahatezitra ny olona fa ny […]

Cristiano Ronaldo’s record-equalling sixth World Cup got off to a disappointing start as the Democratic Republic of Congo secured their first ever point at the finals, drawing 1-1 with Portugal in their Group ‘K’ match in Houston on Wednesday. Yoane Wissa’s header cancelled out Joao Neves’s early goal and the African side — appearing in their first World Cup since 1974 when it was known as Zaire — more than held their own. Ronaldo, 41, was largely a peripheral figure throughout the match — failing to make the impact his great rival Lionel Messi had done on Tuesday in scoring a hat-trick against Algeria. The DRC’s achievement was even greater given their preparations had been disrupted by the Ebola outbreak back in their country. Portugal coach Roberto Martinez acknowledged his side felt the pressure of trying to win the tournament while failing to carve out enough opportunities and keeping the ball in areas that allowed DR Congo to adjust. “We didn’t create enough chances and probably we lost that intention o...

Portugal is teleurstellend begonnen aan het WK. De ploeg van bondscoach Roberto Martínez bleef in de eerste groepswedstrijd tegen DR Congo steken op 1-1. Een vroege voorsprong werd nog voor rust verspeeld. Zo beleefde Cristiano Ronaldo, die de hele wedstrijd meespeelde, weinig plezier aan de start van zijn zesde WK.

UN health chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus landed on Saturday in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) province worst-hit by a severe Ebola outbreak. The World Health Organisation’s director general told reporters in Bunia, capital of Ituri province, that the international community was helping the DRC government cope with the outbreak, but “at the same time, community ownership is important”. He said that was the reason for his trip: “We are here to discuss with the community, to see how the response is running and if there are challenges to help.” The highly contagious haemorrhagic fever is already present in three eastern DRC provinces and in neighbouring Uganda, where nine confirmed infections, including one death, have been recorded. There have been at least 1,077 suspected cases of Ebola in the DRC since the outbreak was declared on May 15, including 246 deaths, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. The true reach of the outbreak in the DRC, which is thought to...

Uganda a anunțat închiderea temporară a granițelor cu Republica Democratică Congo, ca măsură de urgență în fața extinderii epidemiei de Ebola din țara vecină, a declarat un oficial de rang înalt al Ministerului Sănătății din Kampala.

The risk from the deadly Ebola outbreak has been raised to the highest level for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday, as the toll continues to rise. The WHO upgraded its risk assessment level from high to very high for the DRC, while keeping the regional risk level at high and the global risk level at low. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the situation was “deeply worrisome”. He said there were now nearly 750 suspected cases in the DRC and 177 suspected deaths, as health workers scramble to track down contacts of everyone thought to be infected with the virus. “The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is spreading rapidly,” he told a press conference. “So far, 82 cases have been confirmed in DRC, with seven confirmed deaths. “But we know the epidemic in DRC is much larger. There are now almost 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths.” He said the situation in Uganda was “stable”, with two cases confirmed in people who travelle...

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday expressed concern at the speed and scale of the Ebola outbreak in central Africa — declared a “continental” emergency — as the number of deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) jumped to 131. The toll from the Ebola outbreak in the DRC has risen to an estimated 131 deaths from 513 suspected cases, health minister Samuel Roger Kamba said. There has also been one death in neighbouring Uganda. However, speaking to Congolese national television overnight, Kamba cautioned that the toll was an estimate and further research was needed to confirm whether all 131 suspected deaths were indeed linked to Ebola. No vaccine or treatment exists for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola behind the latest outbreak of the deadly disease, which has killed more than 15,000 people in Africa in the past half century. The outbreak’s epicentre is in the northeastern Ituri province on the border with Uganda and South Sudan, whose status as a gold-mining hub leads to people ...

By the time health officials confirmed new Ebola infections in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week, the total number of suspected cases meant the outbreak was already one of the largest on record. A series of challenges and missteps delayed detection, two Congolese officials familiar with the response told Reuters, allowing the disease to spread undetected into rebel-held territory in the east and across the border to the capital of Uganda. Local funeral practices helped the virus spread before any alarm was raised, diagnostic tests in a local laboratory were calibrated for the wrong strain of Ebola, and samples sent to Kinshasa were not stored or shipped properly, the officials said. Experts say the resulting delays risk hobbling efforts to contain the outbreak, which the World Health Organisation (WHO) at the weekend declared a public health emergency of international concern. “It’s just a scattered mess right now. I don’t think we have anything close to a real idea of how many cases there are,” ...

The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern.