News | Kananga
| Congo, India to Build Hydro Plant | |
VOA News - July 12, 2011 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo and India have signed a deal to build a hydroelectric plant in southern Congo. Officials from both countries participated in a signing ceremony in the Congolese city of Kananga late Monday. Congo's Energy Minister Gilbert Tshiongo said the plant, when completed, will have a capacity of 65 megawatts. |
| Ebola outbreak "contained" - Kabila | |
IRIN - September 14, 2007 | |
 | Measures have been taken to prevent the spread of Ebola following the deaths of at least 160 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo's southern province of Kasai Occidental during the past two months, President Joseph Kabila said. |
| Suspected haemorrhagic fever claims 100 in Kasai | |
IRIN - August 30, 2007 | |
 | An epidemic suspected to be haemorrhagic fever has broken out in the Mweka area, about 100km north-west of Kananga, the administrative centre of Kasai Occidental province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with more than 100 deaths, according to health authorities. |
| UN Mission Sends More Supplies to Crash Victims in DRC | |
VOA News - August 3, 2007 | |
The United Nations Mission In the Democratic Republic of Congo says it will be sending more doctors and medical supplies to central Congo where about 100 people are reportedly feared dead following a train derailment. The crash occurred in Kananga Wednesday in the remote part of the country after seven carriages of the train reportedly derailed. | |
| At Least 100 Dead in DRC Train Accident | |
VOA News - August 2, 2007 | |
 | Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) say at least 100 people were killed when a train derailed in the central DRC late Wednesday. |
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