Tag: congo

629 people have died of Ebola in the outbreak in eastern Congo, shortly after the government declared an end to ...

In one case, a child was thrown into a septic tank, and in another, a woman was raped after her ...

The majority of new cases occurred in cities and urban areas in Eastern North Kivu province.

EU had renewed sanctions against government officials, including the ruling party’s presidential candidate.

Hundreds of university students took to the streets in Kinshasa on Thursday, protesting any delay to the vote.

The region is also in the midst of the second-worst Ebola outbreak in history, which has so far seen 498 ...

Four drugs will be trialed.

The ministry said six new cases and four new deaths have been confirmed from the haemmorhagic fever.

The outbreak has killed 55 people in the region.

It was 100 per cent effective when tested on monkeys.

World powers praise Congo’s Kabila for agreeing to bow out

The experimental vaccine proved successful during its first wide-scale usage.

The Allied Democratic Forces are believed to be behind the attack and kidnapping.

This is the DRC's 10th outbreak since 1976.

The presidential election holds December 23.

Health workers have so far tracked down 91 per cent of the more than 600 people, known to have had ...

One person has been confirmed dead from the virus, but 25 people are suspected to have died from it.

The emergency meeting is to “consider the international risks” of the deadly Ebola virus disease.

A case of the deadly virus was detected for the first time in the northwest city of Mbandaka.

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control has issued an Ebola advisory.

The last outbreak of Ebola in the DRC was in 2014 and killed more than 40 people.

“…it is expected that Nigeria’s aviation links with the respective countries will improve significantly.”

The Super Eagles still occupy the 51st position in the world.

A study assessed the likelihood of four viruses – Ebola, Lassa, Marburg and Crimean-Congo – spreading on the continent.

Hundred of residents are missing.