DR Congo
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- Illness
Brazil monitors patients for Ebola as travellers return from Africa
The virus is also being detected across a widening swath of the DRC’s conflict-hit east as health authorities struggle to trace exposed contacts and determine the true scale of the epidemic.
- Rhea Rose Abraham
Latest
‘Every hour making coffins’: Funeral wakes banned as WHO lifts Ebola threat to ‘very high’
There are now 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths, and one senior official has described the effort to stop the rapid spread as “a race against the clock”.
- Justin Kabumba and Monika Pronczuk
US-bound plane diverts to Canada over Ebola alert
The US has imposed restrictions on flights from regions linked to the outbreak, as a Congolese treatment centre is burnt down amid growing anger over the health crisis.
- Rob Gillies
What to know about the new Ebola outbreak that quietly raged for weeks
Health officials are racing to contain a rare strain of the disease that spread under the radar in Africa.
- Nancy Lapid
Scientists stunned as chimpanzees turn on friends in killing spree
Researchers for the first time have observed how a once-peaceful chimp community descended into violence that has been likened to a “civil war”.
- Will Dunham
Trump says he has ‘solved’ seven conflicts. Here’s what to know about them
In some, his role was clear. In others, it remains contested, or analysts warned that lasting peace could be elusive.
- Susannah George, Joshua Yang and Cate Brown
- Opinion
- Child safety
How Trump’s tariffs will turbocharge child deaths in Africa
Three-quarters of the world’s cobalt, used in smartphones and laptops, comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo. This makes us vulnerable.
- Passy Mubalama
What we know about the deadly mystery illnesses affecting hundreds in Congo
The first cases occurred after children ate bats. Now hundreds of people in two villages are sick and more than 50 are dead.
- Chinedu Asadu and Jean-Yves Kamale
Mystery illness kills more than 50 within hours in Congo
The outbreak began after three children ate a bat and died after suffering haemorrhagic fever symptoms. The WHO has ruled out Ebola.
- Jean-Yves Kamale and Olivia Le Poidevin
- Opinion
- Political unrest
‘On the streets I once walked dead bodies lay prostrate and forgotten’
I’m heartbroken by the violence that erupted in the vibrant city where I treated patients only last year.
- Dr Rory Marples