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Seven dead in DR Congo lake boat capsize
Lake and river transport is widely used in the DRC as the highway system is poor, but accidents are common, often caused by overloading and the unsafe state of vessels.
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WHO says no new Ebola cases in Goma, vaccinates over 1,300
Goma, a lakeside city of nearly 2 million people on the Rwandan border, has been on high alert over the past week after a gold miner with a large family contaminated several people before dying himself.
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1,800 dead as malaria 'epidemic' rages in Burundi - UN
Of those cases, a total of 1,801 died from the mosquito-born disease in Burundi between 1 January and 21 July, OCHA said.
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Uganda starts Ebola vaccination trial
The vaccination was deemed unsuitable in neighbouring Congo because there was no way of ensuring patients would pitch up two months later for the second dose.
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Border friction in DR Congo on anniversary of Ebola outbreak
More than 1,800 lives have been lost in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since Ebola broke out on 1 August, 2018.
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The life cycle of the Ebola virus
A fact file on how the Ebola virus attacks.
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Rwanda shuts border with Ebola-hit DRC: Congolese presidency
In a statement, it said there had been a 'unilateral decision by the Rwandan authorities' that affected citizens from both countries who had to cross the border for their work.
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Third Ebola case detected in DR Congo's Goma: medical source
The latest diagnosis is just the latest sign that the outbreak is sharply widening, and came just hours after the announcement that the second patient had died overnight Tuesday.
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New Ebola case diagnosed in DR Congo's Goma: health official
Health officials said the latest case involves a man from a northeastern rural community, who arrived in Goma on 13 July and was later diagnosed.
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WHO hails new DRC aid in fight against Ebola
The World Bank announced Wednesday it would deploy a further $300 million in addition to $100 million already provided after Ebola erupted in August 2018.
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Deployment of second Ebola vaccine would not be quick fix, experts warn
The World Health Organization recommended the two-dose shot to complement a vaccine by US drugmaker Merck, which has proved highly protective but is in relatively short supply.
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World Bank readies $300m to cover half of new Ebola response
It said the funding would meet about half the needs of a new Ebola response plan that is due to be agreed by the Congolese government and an international consortium next week.
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Congo health min resigns in protest over government handling of Ebola response
In a resignation letter posted on his Twitter account, Ilunga decried 'interference in the management of the response' to the outbreak, which is the second deadliest in history.
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WHO sounds Ebola alarm as risks intensify
Despite a highly effective vaccine and a swift international response after it was declared 11 months ago, the outbreak has proved tenacious, becoming Congo’s worst ever.
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DR Congo Ebola outbreak 'health emergency' of international concern - WHO
Those included the H1N1, or swine flu, the pandemic of 2009, the spread of poliovirus in 2014, the Ebola epidemic that devastated parts of West Africa from 2014 to 2016 and the surge of the Zika virus in 2016.
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Send in the troops: Congo raises the stakes on illegal mining
Deploying soldiers to clear tens of thousands of illegal informal miners from mining concessions is a new approach by the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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No further Ebola cases in Uganda after June deaths - DR Congo
In an update on the epidemic in eastern DRC, the health ministry said its Ugandan counterparts had confirmed there had been no further infections.
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Construction firm wants debt settlement as part of Congo IMF deal
The IMF had also required Congo - an oil producer and OPEC member - to make progress towards restructuring debt owed to oil trading companies.
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Congolese 'Terminator' rebel guilty of war crimes
Bosco Ntaganda, 45, was a 'key leader' who gave orders to 'target and kill civilians' in Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile, mineral-rich Ituri region in 2002 and 2003, head judge Robert Fremr said.
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SA soldiers return from the front lines
As soldiers return from the Democratic Republic of Congo after a year deployed abroad, often engaged in firefights with enemy combatants, and sharing some of their stories with EWN, new troops get ready to ship out.
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SA soldiers return from the front lines
As soldiers return from the Democratic Republic of Congo after a year deployed abroad, often engaged in firefights with enemy combatants, and sharing some of their stories with EWN, new troops get ready to ship out.
