Dozens Missing After Boat Capsizes on Sankuru River in DRC
At least 64 people are missing following a boat capsizing on Monday in the Sankuru River in Kasai Province, central Democratic Republic of the Congo, […]
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WHO Eyes Early December for Possible End of DRC Ebola Outbreak
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced Sunday that the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could be officially declared […]
Ebola Transmission Declines in DRC as WHO Reports Improved Case Management
The Ebola virus outbreak in the southern Democratic Republic of Congo is showing clear signs of decline, according to a situation report issued by the […]
New Ebola Outbreak in DRC Claims 31 Lives
A new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasai province has resulted in 31 deaths, with 48 reported cases—38 of which are […]
DRC: WHO Launches Ebola Vaccination Campaign
The World Health Organization (WHO) began vaccinating healthcare workers and people who have been in contact with confirmed cases on Tuesday, in response to the […]
DRC: Mining contracts have been published as requested by the International Monetary Fund
The various memorandum of understanding and mining contracts required by the International Monetary Fund have been published. They both concern Sokimo and Miba. These contracts […]
Rwanda: police arrest 23 Congolese refugees to break up protest
Rwandan police arrested 23 Congolese refugees after two days of clashes in which one refugee died. Rwandan National Police had reported that one refugee had […]
DR Congo: Flaring tensions could ‘plunge Kasai region into new violence,’ UN warns
The United Nations refugee agency warned Tuesday that ongoing instability in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) poses a grave […]
DRC: US, Sweden call for new probe into murders of UN experts
The US ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday called for a “full investigation” into the death of two UN experts killed in March in […]
DRC: Violence, Exodus from Kasai region continue
The United Nations refugee agency has alerted the humanitarian community about the violence and continued displacement of civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo […]