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French Barkhane force soldiers who wrapped up a four-month tour of duty in the Sahel leave their base in Gao, Mali, June 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay,File)

W. African Extremist Groups Pose Threat to Multinational Forces

There are numerous al-Qaeda and ISIS factions active in the Lake Chad and Sahel region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique and other West African countries. The threats posed by…

Jassem Mohamed – Bonn 04 February 2022

Members of the International Federation of the Red Cross and the Congolese Red Cross go door-to-door in the Beni neighbourhoods, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, to listen to families about their fear of the Ebola virus and the response teams on August 31, 2019. (Getty)

To Cure Ebola Will Take More Than a Pill

Two experimental drugs used to treat the Ebola virus in theDemocratic Republic of the Congoare working, medical researchers say. Infected people who took the medications as part of a trial survived…

Laura Seay 13 September 2019

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