CONGO: Flooding raises health risks
BRAZZAVILLE, 19 November 2008 (IRIN) - The torrential rains experienced in Brazzaville every year at this time spread sewage in the streets and sometimes bury houses in sand carried along by the ensuing floods.
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CONGO: Disease devastates cassava crop, threatens widespread hunger
BRAZZAVILLE, 13 November 2008 (IRIN) - Cassava is the staple food for most people in the Republic of Congo, but this main source of nourishment is being threatened by a disease that has spread to most areas of the country.
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DRC: What will stop the fighting?
JOHANNESBURG, 10 November 2008 (IRIN) - A pledge by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to complement UN peacekeeping forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with SADC soldiers does not take account of the regional body's limited military capacity, a military analyst told IRIN.
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CONGO: Heavy rains cause havoc, raise fears of disease outbreaks
BRAZZAVILLE, 7 November 2008 (IRIN) - Days of torrential rain have caused severe damage to the capital of the Republic of Congo and given rise to fears of water-borne disease.
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CONGO: Bibouti - “I work non-stop but never see my salary”
BRAZZAVILLE, 29 October 2008 (IRIN) - Congolese authorities may have good reason to keep a wary eye on events in Niger, where an international court this week found the government guilty of failing to protect its citizens from slavery.
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CONGO: "Irresponsible officials" put patients at risk
BRAZZAVILLE, 1 October 2008 (IRIN) - Health officials in some hospitals in Congo are putting patients' lives at risk by engaging in unethical practices, local human rights groups have warned.
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CONGO: Orders to demolish makeshift fuel stations
BRAZZAVILLE, 24 September 2008 (IRIN) - The government of the Republic of Congo has ordered the demolition of all unauthorised makeshift petrol stations located in residential areas in a move to prevent risks posed by the unsafe storage of fuel.
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CONGO: Government urged to curb domestic petrol storage
BRAZZAVILLE, 9 September 2008 (IRIN) - Although there are plenty of petrol stations in the capital of the Republic of Congo, a growing number of Brazzaville residents are selling fuel from stocks kept at home. “This is an increasing problem and should be forcefully denounced because it frequently causes damage and human casualties,” said Dieudonné Moussala, the head of the Congolese Consumers’ Association (ACC).
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CONGO: Campaign highlights importance of testing diabetes, hypertension
BRAZZAVILLE, 28 August 2008 (IRIN) - A campaign to test for the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension, considered as growing causes of mortality in the Republic of Congo (ROC), has been launched in the main cities of Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire.
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CONGO: "We remain marginalised", indigenous people say
OUESSO, 26 August 2008 (IRIN) - Despite government efforts to provide public services to all citizens of the Republic of Congo, indigenous communities (also known as Pygmies) continue to be discriminated against, the community's representatives have said.
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