World Dec 28 Protests as Congo leader warns of Ebola vote ‘disaster’ Congo's leader is blaming a deadly Ebola virus outbreak for the last-minute decision to keep an estimated 1 million voters from the polls in Sunday's long-delayed presidential election, claiming it would be a "disaster" if someone infects hundreds of others.
World Dec 27 Congo police fire bullets, tear gas amid protests over presidential election delay Police in eastern Congo fired live ammunition and tear gas on Thursday to disperse more than 100 people protesting a presidential election delay, blamed on a deadly Ebola outbreak, that means more than 1 million votes will not count.
World Oct 21 Congo rebels kill 15, abduct kids in Ebola outbreak region Congolese rebels killed 15 civilians and abducted a dozen children in an attack at the center of the latest deadly Ebola outbreak, Congo's military said Sunday, as the violence threatened to again force the suspension of crucial virus containment efforts.
World Oct 13 Battles over safe Ebola burials complicate work in Congo The deadly virus' appearance for the first time in the far northeast has sparked fear.