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DRC: THREE NEW EBOLA CASES CONFIRMED IN CITY OF MBANDAKA
Three new cases were reported in Mbandaka and tested positive for the Ebola virus, Health Minister Oly Ilunga said in the statement... READ MORE›
CONGO'S EBOLA OUTBREAK NOT AN INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY AND CAN BE CONTROLLED, WHO SAYS
The Ebola outbreak in Congo can be brought under control and is not an international public health emergency, experts advising the World Health Organizatio... READ MORE›
WHO SAYS EBOLA OUTBREAK IN CONGO IS NOT YET A GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCY
Eleven new cases were confirmed Friday, including two more in an urban area... READ MORE›
U.N AND AFRICAN NATIONS BOOST RESPONSE AS EBOLA TOLL MOUNTS IN CONGO
KINSHASA - World agencies and neighboring countries on Friday hiked their response to an Ebola outbreak in Congo as the toll from the notorious disease mounted... READ MORE›
CONGO'S EBOLA RISK 'VERY HIGH' AS CONFIRMED VIRUS CASES RISE
Vast, impoverished Congo has contained several past Ebola outbreaks but the spread of the hemorrhagic fever to an urban area poses a major challenge... READ MORE›
IN CONGO OUTBREAK, EBOLA VACCINE FACES REALITY TESTS
But the vaccine must be seen in the context of an overarching public health response... READ MORE›
EBOLA: TWO MORE CASES CONFIRMED IN MBANDAKA IN DRC
Late on Thursday, the DRC health ministry confirmed 11 previously suspected cases of Ebola and two more deaths, taking the total number of cases, including 25 deaths, to 45... READ MORE›
CONGO EBOLA RISK VERY HIGH AS CONFIRMED VIRUS CASES RISE
Vast, impoverished Congo has contained several past Ebola outbreaks but the spread of the hemorrhagic fever to an urban area poses a major challenge... READ MORE›
EMERGENCY HEALTH TALKS AS EBOLA SPREADS
DR Congo Ebola outbreak WHO in emergency talks as cases spread... READ MORE›
CONGO CONFIRMS FIRST URBAN EBOLA CASE, RAISING POSSIBILITY OF 'EXPLOSIVE INCREASE IN CASES'
A concurrent but much smaller and unrelated Ebola outbreak took place in Congo in 2014 as well... READ MORE›
FEARS OF LARGER CONTAGION AS EBOLA SPREADS TO MAJOR CONGO CITY
The World Health Organization shipped 4,000 doses of a newly developed Ebola vaccine to Kinshasa on Wednesday, and vaccination could start on Monday, Dr. Salama said... READ MORE›
CONGO'S EBOLA OUTBREAK REACHES A CITY OF OVER 1 MILLION, RAISING FEARS OF FAST, FATAL SPREAD
Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to a crossroads city of more than 1 million people, authorities said Thursday in a troubling turn that marks the first ti... READ MORE›
EBOLA REACHES DRC CITY, RAISING EPIDEMIC FEARS AS 11 NEW CASES CONFIRMED
Ebola outbreak declared in democratic republic of the congo after three die... READ MORE›
DR CONGO EBOLA OUTBREAK SPREADS TO CITY, SAYS WHO
Last week, a top WHO official warned that if the virus reached Mbandaka, Congo could be confronted with yet another Ebola crisis... READ MORE›
DRC: EBOLA OUTBREAK ENTERS 'NEW PHASE' AFTER URBAN CASE CONFIRMED
Nine Ebola outbreaks have occurred in DRC since the virus was first identified in 1976... READ MORE›
DR CONGO EBOLA OUTBREAK SPREADS TO MBANDAKA CITY
The Ebola outbreak in DR Congo has spread from the countryside into a city, prompting fears that the disease will be increasingly hard to control... READ MORE›
CONGO OKS USE OF EXPERIMENTAL EBOLA VACCINE AS DEATHS REACH 19
Congo has agreed to allow the World Health Organization to use an experimental Ebola vaccine to combat an outbreak announced last week, the WHO director-ge... READ MORE›
CONGO, UN AGENCIES DEPLOY SPECIALISTS TO TACKLE EBOLA EPIDEMIC
The WHO said on Friday it hopes to deploy an experimental Ebola vaccine to tackle an outbreak... READ MORE›
BRITONS KIDNAPPED IN DRC NATIONAL PARK RELEASED UNHARMED
Britons Kidnapped In Democractic Republic Of Congo's Virunga National Park Are Released Unharmed... READ MORE›
'REAL CARNAGE': DOZENS KILLED IN ATTACK ON BURUNDI BORDER VILLAGE
At least 26 people have been killed and seven others wounded in an attack in northwest Burundi, according to officials... READ MORE›
400,000 CHILDREN RISK DEATH IN THE KASAI REGION OF DR CONGO-UNICEF
To fund its programs for the children of Kasai in 2018, UNICEF has appealed for 88 million... READ MORE›
CONGO'S FORMER ARMY GENERAL AND FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, MOKOKO JAILED FOR 20 YEARS
Ok "> Social Channels About Africanews Press Room Terms and Conditions Contacts Cookie policy Distribution Advertising Jobs Apps Widgets Euronews Friday 11/05/2018... READ MORE›
DRC: FRESH EBOLA OUTBREAK KILLS TWO IN EQUATEUR PROVINCE
Ebola virus disease EVD was first discovered in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks... READ MORE›
TWO CASES OF EBOLA CONFIRMED IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
At least 17 people have died in an area of northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo DRC where health officials confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus... READ MORE›
DR CONGO LEAGUE SUSPENDED AS FOOTBALL PRESIDENT OMARI INVESTIGATED
Following these events Linafoot has suspended its championship, the Ligue Nationale de Football said on their official website www.linafoot.com on Wednesday... READ MORE›
DR CONGO PRESIDENT SACKS 256 JUDGES FOR NOT HAVING LAW DEGREES
It is not the first time judges have been sacked in the mineral-rich central African country... READ MORE›
CONGO: VIRUNGA PARK SAYS ATTACK THAT KILLED 6 DEADLIEST EVER
In a statement Tuesday, Virunga officials blamed Mai Mai militia members for the attack that killed five rangers and a park driver... READ MORE›
'WE KNOW WE MAY BE KILLED'
'We know we may be killed' the rangers risking their lives for Virunga's gorillas... READ MORE›
DRC OPPOSITION LEADER MAY BE BARRED FROM ELECTIONS OVER ITALIAN CITIZENSHIP
The DRC's attorney general said last week he had opened an investigation into allegations about Katumbi's Italian nationality, first reported by Paris-based magazine Jeune Afrique... READ MORE›
'SOPHIA THE ROBOT' IS COMING TO AFRICA, TO ATTEND CREATIVE SUMMIT IN EGYPT
Mining sector revenue rose 35.6 percent while revenue from the oil and gas sector jumped by 103 percent, finance ministry data showed... READ MORE›
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SIERRA LEONE: DEATH TOLL FROM LANDSLIDE NEARS 500
READ MORE Sierra Leone mudslide What, where and why?... READ MORE›
PLANE CRASH THAT KILLED UN BOSS 'MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY AIRCRAFT ATTACK'
Among Othman's new findings are In February 1961, the French secretly supplied three Fouga warplanes to the Katanga rebels, against the objections of the US government ... READ MORE›
UN CHIEF CALLS FOR RESTRAINT, URGES KABILA TO STEP DOWN
Catholic protesters rallied in the capital, Kinshasa, and other cities after Sunday mass to demand Kabila, whose second term as president ended in December 2016, step down... READ MORE›
UN PEACEKEEPERS KILLED IN DR CONGO
The head of Monusco, Maman Sidikou, said I condemn in the strongest terms this deadly attack on United Nations peacekeepers and the FARDC... READ MORE›
THREE WILDLIFE RANGERS KILLED IN ATTACK BY VIOLENT MILITIA IN DRC
Wildlife rangers at Virunga national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were killed in an ambush by Mai Mai rebels... READ MORE›
DR CONGO CHILDREN FIND REFUGE IN ZAMBIA
Out of the 3,360 refugees who have fled into northern Zambia since August 30, at least 60 percent are children, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR ... READ MORE›
DR CONGO DISPLACEMENT CRISIS 'WORSE THAN MIDDLE EAST'
The scale of people fleeing violence is off the charts, outpacing Syria, Yemen and Iraq, the Norwegian Refugee Council's DR Congo director, Ulrika Blom, said... READ MORE›
POPE CALLS WORLDWIDE DAY OF PRAYER AND FASTING FOR PEACE FEBRUARY 23
Francis said the prayers and fasting should be offered in a particular way for the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan... READ MORE›
SEVERAL DEAD IN DR CONGO PROTESTS
The widespread marches had been called for by the country's Catholic Church, which appealed for a large but peaceful demonstration... READ MORE›
REVEALED: HOW BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO EXPLOITED WAR ZONES TO SELL CIGARETTES
As cigarette sales decline around the world, British American Tobacco sees fragile states as one of the few remaining growth markets for its deadly products... READ MORE›
DR CONGO VIOLENCE DRIVES THOUSANDS INTO ZAMBIA
A full 60 percent of those arriving in Zambia are children, including many showing signs of malnutrition, the UNHCR said... READ MORE›
DR CONGO FORCES KILL AT LEAST 18 BURUNDI REFUGEES
Congolese security forces have killed at least 18 Burundian refugees during clashes over plans to send some of them home... READ MORE›
DRC BLOCKS INTERNET AS ANTI-KABILA PROTESTS PLANNED
Some also posted about access to churches being blocked in certain neighbourhoods of Kinshasa ahead of the demonstration... READ MORE›
DR CONGO LANDSLIDE DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO 200
In May 2010, a mudslide swept over the eastern Congo village of Kibiriga and killed 19 people... READ MORE›
DRC: DEATH TOLL RISES IN ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS
A spokesperson for United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, meanwhile, expressed concern about reports that security forces had violently dispersed the protests... READ MORE›
DR CONGO VIOLENCE DISPLACES 3.8 MILLION: UN
The report was based on interviews from 96 refugees who had fled they country's Kasai provinces into neighbouring Angola... READ MORE›
ISLAMIST ATTACK KILLS AT LEAST 15 UN PEACEKEEPERS AND FIVE SOLDIERS IN DRC
Antonio Guterres, UN secretary general, described the attack by an Islamist extremist group as a 'war crime'... READ MORE›
IM A CIVILIAN IM INNOCENT WHOS IN CONGOS MASS GRAVES
Many of them are backed by government forces as they try to quash the Kamwina Nsapu militia... READ MORE›
'IT IS HEART-BREAKING TO SEE 3.2. MILLION PEOPLE SEVERELY FOOD INSECURE,' SAYS UN FOOD CHIEF
Officials say the number of people displaced by conflict has nearly doubled in the past six months to 1.5 million... READ MORE›
'MY DAUGHTER WAS SLASHED WITH A MACHETE'
Some of DR Congo's African neighbours proved themselves as ruthless as any Western imperialist in exploiting the country's resources... READ MORE›
DRC: PROTESTERS KILLED IN ANTI-KABILA PROTESTS
At least five people are killed as authorities crack down on banned demonstrations against President Joseph Kabila... READ MORE›
DRC VIOLENCE SHOWS KABILA 'DETERMINED TO STAY IN POWER'
Kabila's future Kabila came to power in 2001 after the assassination of his father, Laurent-Desire Kabila, the country's third president... READ MORE›
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FACE ACUTE HUNGER IN DRC
One in 10 people living in rural areas suffers from acute hunger, while chronic malnutrition affects 43 per cent of children under five years, the FAO report said... READ MORE›
'WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT MALE RAPE'
But for male rape survivors like Stephen, life there can be tough... READ MORE›
GOLDMAN SAYS CRYPTOCURRENCIES MAY SUCCEED AS FORM OF REAL MONEY
But in developing countries, digital currencies could succeed as a real form of money, Goldman Sachs Group Inc... READ MORE›
GOLDMAN SAYS CRYPTOCURRENCIES MAY SUCCEED AS FORM OF REAL MONEY
But in developing countries, digital currencies could succeed as a real form of money, Goldman Sachs Group Inc... READ MORE›
DRC FLOODS LEAVE 45 DEAD THOUSANDS HOMELESS
Days of flooding rains have left parts of central Kinshasa in ruins... READ MORE›
DRC POLICE ARREST OVER 100 IN ANTI-KABILA PROTESTS
'Arbitrary arrests' The UN Joint Human Rights Office in the DRC also condemned the arrests on its Twitter account... READ MORE›
MUGABE FEELING 'UNLOVED' ON HIS BIRTHDAY
In our series of letters from Africa, Zimbabwean journalist-turned-barrister Brian Hungwe considers the fate of ousted President Robert Mugabe as he celebrates his 94th birthday... READ MORE›
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