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Diane Gashumba and Pierre Kangudia, respective health ministers of Rwanda and the DR Congo, meet in the Rwandan border town of Gisenyi to discuss the ongoing Ebola epidemic. IMAGES
Angolan president, Joao Lourenco, hosts talks in Luanda to discuss the rising tensions in eastern DRC with their neighbours, Rwanda. Several heads of state can be seen arriving, including the President of Burundi and former president of Kenya. Paul Kagame, the Rwandan president was not in attendance, instead Vincent Biruta, minister for foreign affairs represented the country at the summit. Eastern DRC has witnessed fierce fighting in recent months between Congolese troops and the M23 rebel group, prompting the East African Community (EAC) bloc to deploy a joint regional force to quell the violence. IMAGES
Germany is implementing stricter measures to keep coronavirus variants at bay, by carrying out police checks at the German-Austrian border and banning travel from Czech border regions and Austria's Tyrol after a troubling surge in contagious mutations. IMAGES
French transport Minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari takes stock, at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport, of the reinforcement of controls at the French border, introduced as a measure to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. The checks are being reinforced during the winter holidays. IMAGES
Police officers patrol and carry out checks in Rome and the Vatican as a partial lockdown is in place across the country until January 6 to combat a surge in Covid infections. Restrictions include limits on people leaving their homes more than once a day and curbs on regional travel. IMAGES
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