Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sa'ar, Herzog meet officials from DRC in tie strengthening visit to Israel

Israel and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have had rocky ties since the DRC severed relations following pressure from the Arab League after the Yom Kippur War in 1973.

|ByARIELLA ROITMAN
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar sits with Democratic Republic of the Congo Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner during a visit to Israel on September 1, 2026.
(ILLUSTRATIVE) Medical staff and nurses roaming the halls of Ichilov Hospital.

Health Ministry investigating another suspected Ebola case after traveler returns from DR Congo

The person will be treated in isolation under procedures for handling high-risk infectious diseases and will be transferred to Ichilov Hospital.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
UNICEF staff and airport workers receive an aircraft carrying medical supplies as authorities and aid agencies intensified efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain at the Bunia National Airport in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 19, 2026.

DRC set to receive 70,000 Ebola vaccines, not approved for current strain, WHO says

Last week, the DRC had requested a release of Ervebo vaccines from the global Ebola virus disease vaccine stockpile, managed by the International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision.

|ByREUTERS
Passengers who disembarked from a boat intercepted by health authorities wait to be tested following the death of a passenger suspected of having Ebola, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, August 6, 2026.

Congo Ebola outbreak becomes deadliest in country's history as death toll reaches new peak

Congo's public health institute said in its latest report that confirmed cases had risen to 4,945, including 101 new cases detected in the previous 24 hours.

|ByREUTERS

Democratic Republic of Congo troops kill 36 Burundi rebels in east

Reuters was unable to immediately confirm the army report.

APRIL 12, 2019ByREUTERS
congo un rebels 224 ap

Deri retracts expulsion of Congolese migrants, under pressure from NGOs

The Congolose have lived in Israel some 15 years.

MARCH 7, 2019ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
African migrants take part in a protest against Israel's detention policy toward them

Is deportation of Israel’s Congolese asylum seekers wise?

From 1998 to 2008, 5.4 million Congolese died as a result of civil war. Most of the Congolese asylum seekers in Israel came during this period.

OCTOBER 15, 2018BySHELDON GELLAR
displaced people congo 224.88 ap

Haley: reelection of Congo to UNHRC ‘one more credibility blow’

The US, which is one of the body’s 47 member states, has warned that if may pull out of the UNHRC if it does undergo a serious process of reform, particularly regarding its bias against Israel.

OCTOBER 17, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
US Ambassador Nikki Haley arrives for a Security Council meeting last month at UN headquarters in New York.