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DYK #Okapi mothers use sounds humans can’t hear to communicate? Sadly, these enchanting creatures are #endangered in #DRC due to armed conflict and #palmoil #deforestation. Safeguard their future when you #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/29/okapi-okapia-johnstoni/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

#watch 📲 Join #DoctorsAgainstGenocide for The #FreedomCampaign : From Launch to Action, featuring an update from our 1,000 White Coats for Humanity Day on Capitol Hill and an overview of the 11 urgent #healthcare projects at the heart of our $5 million campaign for #gaza 📌 Healthcare leaders will share reflections from the SEP-24 #action, how the Freedom Campaign will translate collective action into concrete healthcare support 👇🏽 #palestine #sudan #drc Video: DAG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beGz00YYfAU&t=272s

Golden-bellied Mangabeys are gregarious and social #primates 🐒🐵🩷who are #endangered in the #DRC #Congo 🇨🇩 from the #bushmeat trade and #deforestation for #palmoil. Help them to survive #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🪔☠️🩸🤢⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/04/24/golden-bellied-mangabey-cercocebus-chrysogaster/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

DRC's cobalt exports contain unreported uranium—our study estimates the global nuclear risk https://phys.org/news/2026-09-drc-cobalt-exports-unreported-uranium.html #DRC #environment #mining #cobalt #uranium

Hundreds in DRC protest against constitutional amendment for 3rd presidential term http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TVV1wK #DRC #Kinshasa #Constitution #Protestation #Politique

Reporter @hachi@detroitriotcity.com flags user @verita84@detroitriotcity.com for three slurs in one post The original post by @verita84@detroitriotcity.com contained multiple hate speech slurs targeting different marginalized groups. This is a clear violation of Detroit Riot City’s community guidelines and represents serious harassment behavior. #HateSpeech #DRC #ReportedUser

The world’s largest #antelope 🦌🩷 is the Giant Eland, these beautiful #ungulates of #Cameroon 🇨🇲 and #DRC 🇨🇩have majestic spiral horns. Hunting, #deforestation and #ClimateChange 🏜️ are threats. Help them! Be #vegan #Boycott4Wildlife 🥩⛔️ @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk https://palmoildetectives.com/2026/05/03/giant-eland-taurotragus-derbianus/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Rapid diagnostics are critical during outbreaks. However, EU regulations now require every test to undergo lengthy approval studies. Using the #Ebola outbreak, a team led by Prof. Christian Drosten at #CharitéBerlin has found a way to quickly assess the quality of new PCR tests, speeding up their availability. 👉 https://www.charite.de/en/research/paper_spotlight/the_path_to_new_diagnostic_tests_during_outbreaks_and_pandemics/ #CharitéPaper #Bundibugyo #CharitéVirology #GlobalHealth #diagnostics #DRC #research #science #PublicHealth

The #Ebola outbreak in #DRC is outpacing our response, making it imperative that we rapidly scale up every aspect of our efforts to contain it. We stand in solidarity with the government, affected communities, and the courageous health workers serving under exceptionally difficult circumstances. Africa CDC and WHO call for ur...

THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠 for July 30th, 2026 by independent journalist @violetblue@mastodon.social

• US #Cyclosporiasis cases pass 18k in 45 states with multiple #Cyclospora outbreaks now on record

• #DRC & #Uganda #Ebola outbreak cases are at 3,360 and deaths at 1,487, with affected areas experiencing serious food shortages and starvation

• #Covid summer surge is creeping up in multiple countries worldwide

• Massive study review concludes #Covid19 infection increases a “wide range of autoimmune diseases"

• #AmericanLungAssociation issues warning about #LongCovid in kids

• Long Covid may affect up to 5% of healthcare workers in hospitals

• Black Americans with Long Covid are less likely to get diagnosed than any other demographic

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‘We couldn’t breathe’: DRC villagers revive protest against Perenco over pollution https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/we-couldnt-breathe-drc-villagers-revive-protest-against-perenco-over-pollution/ #DRC #environment #pollution #Perenco

Interesting fact: Seed dispersers like #chimpanzees in the #Congo kicked off rainforest growth only 2000 years ago 🦍🙉🩷 Now they face #extinction from #mining WE SAY NO to #mining in #DRC! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/07/03/chimpanzees-once-helped-african-rainforests-recover-from-a-major-collapse/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

On June 30, 1960, Patrice Lumumba stood before King Baudouin of Belgium and delivered an Independence Day speech that shattered the fiction of Belgian colonial benevolence. Instead of thanking the colonial power, he spoke of forced labour, racial humiliation and systematic violence. Six months later, he was assassinated. #Belgium #Congo #Colonialism #PatriceLumumba #DRC #MichelKukaMboladinga #Footballhttps://www.savageminds.co/p/the-man-who-stood-still

Gold smuggling from DRC's Ituri province to Uganda on the rise, says UN http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TTK3cD #GoldSmuggling #DRC #Uganda #UNReport #GoldProduction

[Founder's briefs] Salonga National Park is employing former hunters as trackers to habituate endangered bonobos. The program transforms local hunting expertise into conservation labor, allowing researchers to gather genetic data while transitioning the park’s relationship with local communities. By Rhett Ayers Butler. https://mongabay.cc/GT2Z7m#DRC

#News: #Poachers and illegal militia attack in #DRC kills 7 local #wildlife defenders ☠️ Protect frontline animal defenders always! ⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.ukhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/22/upemba-national-park-drc-militia-assault-rangers-killed-aoe?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

The Ebola outbreak in the DRC has renewed scrutiny on bats, but Dr. Paul Webala caution that direct transmission links remain unproven. Damaging bat colonies disrupts vital ecosystems and ignores the fact that culling fails to stop zoonotic disease pathways. Learn more in this interview by David Akana. https://mongabay.cc/YCskbp #Ebola #DRC

🟢 Health | 5/10 🇨🇩 DRC authorities urge calm amid new Ebola outbreak Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are urging the public not to panic following the country's latest Ebola outbreak. Surveillance, contact tracing, testing, and response efforts are underway. #OSINT #NewsGroup #Ebola #DRC #Health

🟡 Ebola Outbreak | 7/10 🇨🇩 Ebola outbreak in DRC — over 900 suspected cases WHO reports over 900 suspected Ebola cases in DRC, with 101 confirmed. The outbreak was previously declared by the organization. #OSINT #NewsGroup #Ebola #Outbreak #DRC

🟡 Civil Unrest | 7/10 🇨🇩 Attack on hospital during Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC An angry crowd attacked a hospital near Bunia in eastern DRC after relatives of a suspected Ebola victim were prevented from taking his body for burial. Protesters set fire to isolation tents and threw projectiles at Rwampara General Hospital. #OSINT #NewsGroup #Ebola #CivilUnrest #DRC #HealthSecurity