Tag: refugee-centre
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Beaten and discarded, Congo street children are strangers to mining boom
By Aaron Ross KINSHASA (Reuters) – Kevin Lusongo has been on the streets since he was 11. He sleeps on a piece of cardboard in an unlit parking lot in a poor neighborhood of Kinshasa, behind trucks he hopes can shield him from view. Some nights he's unlucky. Recently police came looking for a stolen…
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Mosquitoes’ rapid spread poses threat beyond Zika
By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – As the world focuses on Zika's rapid advance in the Americas, experts warn the virus that originated in Africa is just one of a growing number of continent-jumping diseases carried by mosquitoes threatening swathes of humanity. Today, mosquito invaders are turning up with increasing regularity from Washington DC to…