Democratic Republic of the Congo

Nigeria Ebola patient and spouse admitted to hospitals in Switzerland

The patient, the Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat based in Abuja, is Nigeria's first Ebola case in more than a decade.

Nigeria's Index Ebola patient is taken on a medical evacuation flight to Switzerland from Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, in Abuja, Nigeria October 26, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video.
Health workers and humanitarian responders on the front lines of the Ebola response gather to receive a vaccination due to their potential exposure to the virus as part of their work with suspected cases, including contacts, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak involving t

Nigeria confirms Ebola case in patient who arrived from Uganda

Health workers and humanitarian responders on the front lines of the Ebola response gather to receive a vaccination due to their potential exposure to the virus as part of their work with suspected cases, including contacts, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak involving t

Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case as regional outbreak spreads

ILLUSTRATIVE: This aerial view shows a whaling boat sailing on the Congo River in Mbandaka, Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on October 3, 2025.

At least 22 dead after two boats collide on Congo river, official says


Democratic Republic of Congo to send 1st ambassador to Israel in 20 years

Tshisekedi, who became president last year, credited his Christian faith and thanked American Evangelicals for their support for the Jewish state.

FILE PHOTO: Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi arrives at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London, Britain January 20, 2020.

Terrorists kill 22 in eastern Congo despite claims of security progress

The surge in violence has lead to deadly protests against the army and U.N. peacekeepers for failing to protect them.

Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) soldiers rest next to a road after Islamist rebel group called the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked area around Mukoko village, North Kivu province of Democratic Republic of Congo, December 11, 2018.

At least 15 killed in eastern Congo by suspected Islamist terrorists

Attacks blamed by the government on the ADF have killed hundreds of civilians since 2014.

Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) soldiers rest next to a road after Islamist rebel group called the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked area around Mukoko village, North Kivu province of Democratic Republic of Congo, December 11, 2018.

Ebola's spread shows how science needs societies to succeed

"The core drivers are all key human issues of trust, habits, fears and beliefs. That is the mix that now underpins the spread of any disease."

 Congolese health worker administers Ebola vaccine to a woman who had contact with an Ebola sufferer in the village of Mangina in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, August 18, 2018

Militiamen kill senior WHO official in attack on Congo Ebola center

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus identified the doctor killed as Richard Mouzoko, a senior epidemiologist from Cameroon.

A health worker prepares to takes off protective clothing after visiting the isolation ward at Bikoro hospital, which received a new suspected Ebola case, in Bikoro, Democratic Republic of Congo May 12, 2018.

Democratic Republic of Congo troops kill 36 Burundi rebels in east

Reuters was unable to immediately confirm the army report.

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Deri retracts expulsion of Congolese migrants, under pressure from NGOs

The Congolose have lived in Israel some 15 years.

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.

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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.

US Ambassador Nikki Haley arrives for a Security Council meeting last month at UN headquarters in New York.