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CONGO: Government moves to curb food inflation "taking time"

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Tuesday, December 02, 2008

BRAZZAVILLE Tuesday, December 02, 2008 (IRIN) - Government measures aimed at reducing the cost of staple commodities in the Republic of Congo, where...

CONGO: Financial crisis threatens timber jobs

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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

BRAZZAVILLE Tuesday, November 25, 2008 (IRIN) - Guy-Blaise Bakala, a timber worker in Pointe-Noire in the south of the Republic of Congo, has been...

CONGO: Orders to demolish makeshift fuel stations

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Saturday, November 22, 2008

BRAZZAVILLE Wednesday, September 24, 2008 (IRIN) - The government of the Republic of Congo has ordered the demolition of all unauthorised makeshift...

CONGO: "Irresponsible officials" put patients at risk

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Saturday, November 22, 2008

BRAZZAVILLE Wednesday, October 01, 2008 (IRIN) - Health officials in some hospitals in Congo are putting patients' lives at risk by engaging in...

CONGO: Bibouti - “I work non-stop but never see my salary”

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Saturday, November 22, 2008

BRAZZAVILLE Wednesday, October 29, 2008 (IRIN) - Congolese authorities may have good reason to keep a wary eye on events in Niger, where an...

CONGO: Heavy rains cause havoc, raise fears of disease outbreaks

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81356

Saturday, November 22, 2008

BRAZZAVILLE Friday, November 07, 2008 (IRIN) - Days of torrential rain have caused severe damage to the capital of the Republic of Congo and given...

CONGO: Disease devastates cassava crop, threatens widespread hunger

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Saturday, November 22, 2008

BRAZZAVILLE Thursday, November 13, 2008 (IRIN) - Cassava is the staple food for most people in the Republic of Congo, but this main source of...

CONGO: Flooding raises health risks

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Saturday, November 22, 2008

BRAZZAVILLE Wednesday, November 19, 2008 (IRIN) - The torrential rains experienced in Brazzaville every year at this time spread sewage in the...

CONGO: Disease devastates cassava crop, threatens widespread hunger

Saturday, November 15, 2008

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...

CONGO: Heavy rains cause havoc, raise fears of disease outbreaks

Friday, November 07, 2008

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. “It’s been...

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