Tag: Congo

• Tuesday, June 26th 2018 - 08:35 UTC

  Latest member to join OPEC expects to raise oil production by 65%

  

  The Republic of Congo expects to raise oil production by as much 65% this year as two new projects come on stream, Hydrocarbons Minister Jean-Marc Thystere-Tchicaya said.

• Friday, May 18th 2018 - 08:42 UTC

  Ebola outbreak in Congo's jungle and in urban area of a 1.2m city

  

  One new case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) has been confirmed in Wangata, one of the three health zones of Mbandaka, a city of nearly 1.2 million people in Equateur Province in northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo. United Nations troops are stationed in the area as part of the peacekeeping effort.