Democratic Republic of the Congo

Uganda should reconsider Congo border closure over Ebola, WHO's Tedros says

The outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the WHO.

 A health worker burns food waste of Ebola patients at an Ebola treatment center (ETC) in Katwa, near Butembo, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, October 5, 2019
Demonstrators gather near a barricade they created during a protest against a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine plan on the establishment of a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base that was intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, in Laikipia County, Kenya June 1, 2026.

Two people killed in Kenya protest against US Ebola quarantine site plan, organizer, sources say

Medical teams in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 2026

Health Ministry officials meet to discuss, monitor ongoing Ebola outbreak

Workers line up to disinfect their protective equipment at General Referral Hospital of Mongbwalu during the Ebola outbreak response in Mongbwalu, Ituri province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 20, 2026.

WHO reports 906 suspected cases and 223 suspected deaths from Bundibugyo strain of Ebola


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.