CAPTION: DRC Red Cross volunteers carry the body of an Ebola virus victim in Ituri Province, June 8, 2026 [File: AFP] By AgenciesBUTA / DR CONGO – The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to a sixth province after a death was recorded in previously unaffected Bas-Uele, said the head of […]
CAPTION: Tabby Wilson, the Director General, World Health Organization address journalists recently. (File photo). By AgenciesGENIVA – The current outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to surpass the deadliest outbreak of the disease ever, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters that the […]
CAPTION: Hon. Osuru was concerned that border markets remain closed despite the Ebola free. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporterKAMPALA – The Minister of Health has maintained restrictions on border markets despite Uganda being declared Ebola-free, citing the rising number of cases in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).The Minister of Health, Dr Chris Baryomunsi, said that […]
By Agencies NAIROBI — More than 2,000 people including a neurosurgeon have died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since its outbreak was declared fewer than three months ago. At least 1,000 of the deaths have occurred in the last three weeks, according to official government data, as the virus continues […]
CAPTION: Health worker carry a coffin in Ituri DR Congo recently. (File Photo).By Our reporterKAMPALA – The Democratic Republic of Congo needs to urgently expand its community-led response to Ebola as new infections and deaths continue to outpace efforts to contain the outbreak, the World Health Organization and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention […]
By Radio France InternationaleBUNIA – In a long-awaited operation, Democratic Republic of Congo authorities released 15 prisoners and handed them over to rebels from the AFC/M23 movement on Friday August 7th, 2026. It marks the first known prisoner transfer under a peace deal signed last year to end fighting in the eastern DRC.According to the International […]
CAPTOIN: A view of Ngungu, a mining and farming town in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on August 8, 2026 [Prosper Heri/Al Jazeera] By Prosper Heri NgororaBUNA – For Heritier Ramazani, being counted is about more than a population figure. It could be the first time the Congolese state officially recognises his existence.The 28-year-old resident […]
CAPTION: Some of the M23 rebel group prisoners of war in a track arrive in Beni eastern DR Congo from Kinshasha Thursday August 6th, 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Agency KINSHASHA – A key step in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s fragile peace process could finally be underway, as a long-delayed prisoner exchange between […]
By AgencyKAMPALA – Uganda said previous outbreaks have taught the authorities how to respond efficiently to EbolaThe Ebola outbreak in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has become the second-worst on record, with the official death toll passing a grim milestone of 1,500.Experts believe the true number of fatalities during this outbreak, which […]
CAPTION: Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame (left) and DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi, Washington, US, 4 December 2025. (Courtesy photo). By Agencies KINSHASHA – The Congolese government said in an address on national television on Tuesday July 28th, 2026 that a militia operating in the east of the country, linked to Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, […]