Saleh Mwanamilongo, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

A view of the Poids Lourd checkpoint on the border between Congo and Rwanda, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. Congo's presidency says the border is open again with Rwanda hours after its eastern neighbor closed it over the deadly Ebola outbreak. Congo had protested the closure, which went against international health recommendations. The closure occurred Thursday morning as the first case of direct transmission of the Ebola virus was confirmed in Goma, the Congo city of more than 2 million...

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Goma victim’s family have Ebola

by Saleh Mwanamilongo Associated Press, and Ignatius Ssuuna Associated PressAugust 2, 2019

KINSHASA, Congo — The 1-year-old daughter and the wife of the man who died of Ebola in Congo’s city of Goma this week have tested positive for the disease, health officials confirmed Thursday, while Rwanda briefly closed its border with Congo over the…

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018 file photo, a health worker feeds a boy suspected of having the Ebola virus at an Ebola treatment centre in Beni, Eastern Congo. The World Health Organization says Ebola deaths in Congo's latest outbreak are expected to exceed 1,000 later on Friday, May 3, 2019. WHO's emergencies chief made the announcement at a news conference in Geneva. The Ebola outbreak that was declared in eastern Congo in August is already the second deadliest outbreak in...

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Ebola outbreak deaths top 1,000 in Congo amid clinic attacks

by Saleh Mwanamilongo Associated Press, and Krista Larson Associated PressMay 3, 2019

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi, right, receives the presidential sash from outgoing president Joseph Kabila after being sworn in in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thursday Jan. 24, 2019. Tshisekedi won an election that raised numerous concerns about voting irregularities amongst observers as the country chose a successor to longtime President Kabila. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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New leader takes power peacefully

by Saleh Mwanamilongo Associated Press, and Cara Anna Associated PressJanuary 25, 2019

Congo opposition candidate Martin Fayulu, center, leaves the Philadelphie Missionary Center after attending Sunday Mass in Kinshasa, Congo, Sunday Jan. 13, 2019. President elect Felix Tshisekedi was also scheduled to attend the service, but cancelled.

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Congo court poised to rule on presidential vote challenge

by Saleh Mwanamilongo Associated Press, and Carley Petesch Associated PressJanuary 19, 2019

Hundreds of Congolese voters who have been waiting at the St. Raphael school in the Limete district of Kinshasa Sunday Dec. 30, 2018, storm the polling stations after the voters listings were finally posted five hours after the official start of voting. Forty million voters are registered for a presidential race plagued by years of delay and persistent rumors of lack of preparation. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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Congo vote counting begins after polling beset by delays

by Mathilde Boussion Associated Press, and Saleh Mwanamilongo Associated PressDecember 30, 2018

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), attends a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, May 18, 2018. The WHO Director-General answered questions ahead of the World Health Assembly and following the meeting of an International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP)

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Ebola in Congo not yet a global health emergency, WHO says

by Saleh Mwanamilongo Associated PressMay 18, 2018

In this photo taken Saturday, May 12, 2018, health workers don protective clothing as they prepare to attend to patients in the isolation ward to diagnose and treat suspected Ebola patients, at Bikoro Hospital in Bikoro, the rural area where the Ebola outbreak was announced last week, in Congo. Congo's latest Ebola outbreak has now spread to Mbandaka, a city of more than 1 million people, a worrying shift as the deadly virus risks traveling more easily in densely populated areas. (Mark...

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In Congo, Ebola spreads to big city for first time

by Saleh Mwanamilongo Associated Press, and Carley Petesch Associated PressMay 17, 2018

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Report: 3,300 dead since central Congo conflict began

by Saleh Mwanamilongo Associated PressJune 20, 2017