• Top militia chief surrenders in DR Congo’s Kasai region

    Top militia chief surrenders in DR Congo’s Kasai region

    Sep 18, 2018 12:04

    A top chief who led a coalition of armed militia groups has surrendered in the central Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with hundreds of youth fighters, according to local authorities.

  • Six civilians killed in DR Congo militant attack

    Six civilians killed in DR Congo militant attack

    Aug 11, 2018 16:57

    Six civilians have been killed in an attack attributed to Ugandan Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militants in the restive eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, civilian and military sources said Saturday.

  • DR Congo’s Kabila ‘not to stand for re-election’

    DR Congo’s Kabila ‘not to stand for re-election’

    Aug 09, 2018 12:48

    President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Joseph Kabila has reportedly announced that he will not be seeking a third term in long-delayed elections in December.

  • Ebola on epidemiological knife edge in DR Congo, WHO says

    Ebola on epidemiological knife edge in DR Congo, WHO says

    May 23, 2018 19:26

    The World Health Organization (WHO) says seven more people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been infected with the Ebola virus, warning that the outbreak of the lethal disease in the central African country has a clear "potential to expand".

  • DR Congo to begin Ebola vaccination on Monday

    DR Congo to begin Ebola vaccination on Monday

    May 20, 2018 16:46

    Health workers in Democratic Republic of Congo will begin a vaccination campaign on Monday aimed at containing an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, a spokeswoman for the health ministry said on Sunday.

  • Congo health minister confirms 3 more Ebola cases

    Congo health minister confirms 3 more Ebola cases

    May 19, 2018 18:56

    Three new Ebola cases have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's sprawling northwest, taking the number of suspected infections to 43, Health Minister Oly Ilungao says.

  • WHO: Congo faces 'very high' risk from Ebola outbreak

    WHO: Congo faces 'very high' risk from Ebola outbreak

    May 18, 2018 12:23

    An Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo has a high risk of spreading internally, the World Health Organization warned Friday ahead of a meeting on whether to declare it an event of international concern.

  • Officials meet to examine intl. risks of Ebola in Congo

    Officials meet to examine intl. risks of Ebola in Congo

    May 18, 2018 07:46

    Congolese and UN officials were racing to prevent a runaway Ebola outbreak in Congo on Thursday, working out the logistics of keeping newly arrived vaccines well below freezing in a steamy region on the equator with unreliable power.

  • Congo officials confirm Ebola outbreak after 17 dead

    Congo officials confirm Ebola outbreak after 17 dead

    May 10, 2018 14:31

    Cases of hemorrhagic fever were reported in an area of Congo that is facing an Ebola epidemic as far back as December and the first deaths were ported in January, a spokesman for the World Health Organization said in capital Kinshasa on Thursday.

  • About 40 people fleeing violence drown off DR Congo

    About 40 people fleeing violence drown off DR Congo

    Apr 27, 2018 15:02

    Forty civilians have drowned after their boats overturned on a storm-swollen river while they were fleeing fighting in the northwest Democratic Republic of the Congo.