Kinshasa, July 25, 2025 (AFP) - Kinshasa slum battles deadly cholera outbreak

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2025-07-25

Faced with a lack of running water, unsanitary conditions and poverty, the Kinshasa neighbourhood of Pakadjuma has struggled to end a cholera epidemic that has claimed hundreds of lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this year. Some 20 African countries have been tackling outbreaks of the severe intestinal infection since the start of the year, with the DRC the second-worst hit as of late June, reporting 34,000 cases, according to the......

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