Health May 29 Ebola outbreak 'can be stopped,' WHO chief says as he arrives in Congo “To come here is to really show to the community that they’re not alone," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at the airport late Thursday.
World May 23 Eighteen suspected Ebola patients escape after treatment tent is set on fire for a second time in Congo Angry residents of a town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center where people are being treated for the virus, the staff there said Saturday.
World May 21 Residents burn Ebola treatment center in Congo as anger grows over the outbreak People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witness and a senior police officer…
World May 20 Rare Ebola outbreak poses low risk globally but worries mount about its spread in Congo Anxious healthcare workers in eastern Congo said Wednesday they are underprotected and undertrained in a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak of a rare type of the virus in one of the world’s most remote and vulnerable places.
World Dec 05 Renewed fighting in eastern Congo threatens 'historic' peace deal brokered by Trump Residents of eastern Congo said fighting has intensified despite a peace agreement that was signed by the Congolese and Rwandan presidents in Washingtion, D.C., with U.S. President Donald Trump in attendance.
World Nov 15 Rebels tied to Islamic State kill 17 in Congo hospital attack Authorities say the Allied Democratic Forces, or ADF, carried out the attack in the village of Byambwe on Friday night. The local administrator says 11 women, including breastfeeding mothers, were brutally slaughtered.
World Aug 23 Congo's prosecutor seeks death penalty for former President Kabila for war crimes Congo's public prosecutor on Friday asked for the death penalty for former President Joseph Kabila, who is being tried in absentia in a treason case that includes war crimes charges related to his ties to the M23 rebel group.
World Feb 15 Rwanda-backed rebels advance in eastern Congo as thousands of residents flee city of Bukavu Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents and soldiers fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels.
World Jan 29 Rwanda-backed rebels attempt to expand control after capturing more towns in eastern Congo Rebels backed by Rwanda captured more towns in eastern Congo as fighters moved beyond the key city of Goma in an apparent attempt to expand their control in the conflict-battered region.
World Jan 27 Thousands forced to flee fighting in Congo as Rwanda-backed rebels capture key city of Goma Residents in eastern Congo’s largest city of Goma are fleeing after Rwanda-backed rebels claimed to have captured the regional hub from Congolese forces.