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KINSHASA, June 5 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo said on Friday that 71 new Ebola cases were confirmed in a 24-hour period and warned of rapid community transmission of the deadly disease.
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Events: Clashes in DR Congo town after deadly incursion
Clashes broke out on Sunday in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo after at least seven people were killed in an attack by Islamic State-linked rebels, local and military sources told AFP.
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Events: WHO reports 906 suspected cases and 223 suspected deaths from Bundibugyo strain of Ebola
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, May 29 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Friday that there were 906 suspected cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including 223 suspected ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Events: Urgent call for an Ebola truce in DR Congo
The current outbreak of Ebola virus disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in DR Congo and Uganda is not only a biomedical emergency, but a test of whether global health diplomacy can be made operational ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Events: Democratic Republic of the Congo: More flee in North Kivu
Thousands of Congolese civilians are on the move in the Masisi and Rutshuru districts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) strife-torn North Kivu province. They are fleeing their homes amid ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Events: Congo protesters set fire to Ebola treatment tents in dispute over victim's body
By Benoit Nyemba RWAMPARA, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 22 (Reuters) - Protesters set fire to tents for Ebola patients after Congolese authorities refused to give them the dead body of a victim ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Events: Ceasefire Urged to Combat Ebola in Conflict-Ridden Eastern Congo
The World Health Organization calls for a ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to tackle an escalating Ebola outbreak. Amid conflict-driven displacement and community distrust, response ...