Democratic Republic Congo News » North Kivu News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » People: Rebel attacks in eastern DRC kill 30 people and hamper Ebola response
Islamic State-linked militia blamed for raids in North Kivu as governor says three patients with disease fled clinics ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » People: Ebola cases hit 389 in DR Congo, including 63 deaths
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has raised the number of confirmed Ebola cases to 389, including 63 deaths. DR Congo Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba said Ebola infections had now spread across ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » People: 'We’re still behind' in Congo's Ebola outbreak even as testing improves, WHO chief says
Congo’s Ebola outbreak “had a big head start, and we’re still behind,” the head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday, adding that the medical community was “catching up” even as militant ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » People: 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 » People: DRC's Ebola outbreak may have started six months ago, WHO chief says
Militant attacks have hampered efforts to combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » People: Ebola disease in Democratic Republic of Congo: MSF scales up response to a rapidly evolving outbreak
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), people have been living through insecurity and with an under-resourced health system for years. The Ebola disease outbreak due to the Bundibugyo virus - ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » People: Congo's Ebola outbreak is spiraling, with health workers struggling to contain the virus
The epicenter of the Ebola outbreak is in Mongbwalu, a poor gold-mining town of 130,000 people, in Ituri province, in eastern Congo.
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » People: How health workers in DR Congo are treating Ebola and staying safe
There are currently no approved drugs that target Bundibugyo - the species of Ebola responsible for this outbreak.
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » People: Response to Congo Ebola outbreak faces shortfall of aid support
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is spreading and aid responders are grappling with a lack of funding and resources.
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » People: Tibor Nagy on why Congo’s Ebola crisis will get much worse
Ambassador Tibor Nagy looks at the ongoing Ebola Crisis in Africa - specifically Congo - and why he fears efforts to curb the disease will fall short.