World Dec 30 Vote counting begins in Congo, after polling beset by delays By Mathilde Boussion, Saleh Mwanamilongo, Associated Press
World Dec 30 Congo voters barred over Ebola vote anyway, by the thousands Thousands of men and women gathered in Beni on Sunday to cast paper ballots despite a electoral commission decision to ban an estimated 1 million people from voting in areas affected by a deadly Ebola outbreak. By Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro, Associated Press
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. By Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro, Associated Press
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. By Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro, Cara Anna, Associated Press
Health Oct 20 An Ebola outbreak presents a new mystery involving children The disproportionate number of recent infections among children in the Democratic Republic of Congo — specifically in Beni, the outbreak’s current hot spot — has come as a surprise; typically young children don’t make up a big proportion of cases… By Helen Branswell, STAT