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FILE - Vials of single doses of the Jynneos vaccine for monkeypox are seen from a cooler at a vaccinations site on Aug. 29, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The Republic of Congo has recorded its first cases of mpox in several regions, the health ministry said, an indication of how the disease may be spreading across Africa since sexual transmission was first confirmed on the continent last year. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon, File)

Republic of Congo reports its first mpox virus cases, in several regions

By Louis Patrick Okamba - Associated Press

In this video frame grab, victims of a stamped lay in Brazzaville, Congo, hospital Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. A late night stampede at a military stadium where large crowds of young people waited hours to register at a recruitment event left dozens dead, authorities said on Tuesday. (AP Photo)

Republic of Congo marks a day of mourning for 31 dead in a stadium stampede

By Louis Okamba - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, is greeted by Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa Saturday March 4, 2023. Macron, on the last leg of an ambitious Africa trip that took him to Gabon, Angola, the Republic of Congo and Congo, wants to roll out more ambitious economic policies, in a bid to boost France's waning influence in the continent (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi)

Congo leader urges Macron to back sanctions against Rwanda

By Jean-Yves Kamale - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday March 19, 2021 file photo, a supporter of President Denis Sassou N'Guesso holds his photo during the last rally of the presidential campaign in Brazzaville, Congo. Republic of Congo pressed ahead Sunday March 21, 2021 with an election in which President Denis Sassou N'Guesso is widely expected to extend his 36 years in power, while the leading opposition candidate was flown to France after suffering COVID-19 complications. (AP Photo/Zed Lebon, File)

Republic of Congo President Sassou N’Guesso declared winner

By LOUIS OKAMBA - Associated Press

FILE- In this Sunday March 7, 2021 file photo, people walk past an election poster featuring opposition presidential candidate Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas, in downtown Brazzaville, Congo. Kolelas, who was hospitalized with COVID-19 complications on election day, has died, a spokesman said Monday, March 22, 2021. The 61-year-old politician was last seen in a video circulating Saturday on social media in which he told supporters he was “fighting death.” Aides later said he was been flown to France for further treatment. Spokesman Justin Nzoloufoua confirmed his death Monday to The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Lebon Chansard Ziavoula, File)

Republic of Congo candidate Kolelas dies of COVID-19

By LOUIS OKAMBA - Associated Press

Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas cheer during their party's last rally of the presidential campaign in Brazzaville, Congo, Friday March 19, 2021. After 36 years in power, Republic of Congo's President Denis Sassou N’Guesso appears poised to extend his tenure as one of Africa's longest-serving leaders in the elections to be held Sunday amid opposition complaints of interference with their campaigns. (AP Photo/Christ Kimvidi)

Republic of Congo polls open; candidate sick with COVID-19

By LOUIS OKAMBA - Associated Press

A supporter of President Denis Sassou N'Guesso holds his photo during the last rally of the presidential campaign in Brazzaville, Congo, Friday March 19, 2021. After 36 years in power, Republic of Congo's President Denis Sassou N’Guesso appears poised to extend his tenure as one of Africa's longest-serving leaders in the elections to be held Sunday amid opposition complaints of interference with their campaigns. (AP Photo/Zed Lebon)

Republic of Congo candidate hospitalized with COVID-19

By LOUIS OKAMBA - Associated Press

In this photo taken Friday, April 10, 2020, Martine Milonde, a Congolese community mobilizer who works with the aid group World Vision in Beni, eastern Congo, which became the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak, engages the public about coronavirus prevention. Congo has been battling an Ebola outbreak that has killed thousands of people for more than 18 months, and now it must also face a new scourge: the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro)

Congo, weary from Ebola, must also battle the coronavirus

By CARLEY PETESCH and AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO - Associated Press

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visits an Ebola center in Beni, eastern Congo Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. Guterres is starting a three-day visit to Congo to see the work of UN peacekeepers, work on disarmament and reintegration of ex-combatants, and efforts to stop the spread of the Ebola virus. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro)

Congo police detain ex-health minister in Ebola funds probe

By SALEH MWANAMILONGO - Associated Press

Congo president pardons about 700 political prisoners

By SALEH MWANAMILONGO - Associated Press

Congo’s new president urges thousands of exiles: Come home

By LOUIS PATRICK OKAMBA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 file photo, protestors gather near a burning tire during a demonstration over the hike in fuel prices in Harare, Zimbabwe. 2019 is already a busy year for internet shutdowns in Africa, with governments ordering cutoffs as soon as a crisis appears. Zimbabwe ordered a “total internet shutdown” in recent days during protests over a dramatic fuel price increase and a resulting deadly crackdown. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

AP Explains: 2019 a busy year for African internet shutdowns

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

UN: At least 890 killed in December clashes in Congo

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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. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Congo’s neighbors call for vote recount in troubled election

By SALEH MWANAMILONGO - Associated Press

The Latest: Carter urges Congo vote to reflect people’s will

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Bridge over Congo River project agreement signed

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

Correction: Congo-Ebola story

By CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press

A health care worker takes the temperatures of passengers at Ngobila Beach in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Thursday May 24, 2018. Congo's fight to rein in a deadly Ebola outbreak has authorities crossing the border to buy up available thermometers, a World Health Organization official said, as the health ministry on Thursday announced that confirmed cases had reached 30, including eight deaths. (AP Photo/John Bompengo)

Congo says confirmed Ebola cases have reached 31; 9 deaths

By SALEH MWANAMILONGO - Associated Press

In this May 22, 2018, photo, schoolchildren wash their hands to help contain the Ebola outbreak before entering a classroom in the north-western city of Mbandaka, in Congo. Congo's health ministry announced six new confirmed Ebola cases and two new suspected cases Tuesday as vaccinations entered a second day in an effort to contain the deadly virus in the city of more than 1 million. (Mark Naftalin/UNICEF via AP)

2 patients who fled Ebola ward among the dead in Congo

By CARLEY PETESCH and JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this undated colorized transmission electron micrograph file image made available by the CDC shows an Ebola virus virion. Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to a city, the capital of the northwestern Equateur province, a worrying shift as the risk of infection is more easily passed on in densely populated urban areas. (Frederick Murphy/CDC via AP, File)

Correction: Congo-Ebola story

By SALEH MWANAMILONGO and CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press