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Congo wants UN peacekeepers gone. But endless war around minerals is complicating that

  Muhamad Yehia GOMA, Congo — The end of one of the world’s deadliest and yet most shadowy wars is as difficult to predict as the end of the large peacekeeping force meant to contain it. Congo desperately wants stability in its mineral-rich east, of intense interest to the global …

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Mpox cases in Congo may be stabilizing. Experts say more vaccines are needed to stamp out virus

Muhamad Yehia GOMA, Congo (AP) — Some health officials say mpox cases in Congo appear to be “stabilizing” — a possible sign that the main epidemic for which the World Health Organization made a global emergency declaration in August might be on the decline. In recent weeks, Congo has reported about 200 to 300 …

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