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Experts call for WHO emergency declaration on Congo's Ebola epidemic
An international group of public health experts have called on The World Health Organization to convene an emergency committee and consider declaring Congo's Ebola outbreak an international public health emergency. The group of experts wrote in the Lancet Monday that such a call would help ...
U.N. finds at least 15 mass graves and hundreds of sets of remains in Congo after December violence
At least 15 mass graves have been found in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo in the wake of three days of ethnic bloodshed in December, a spokeswoman for the U.N.'s MONUSCO mission in Congo said on Tuesday. Earlier in January, the United Nations estimated that ...
With less than 24 hours left in his rule, Congo President Joseph Kabila on Wednesday urged the nation to "massively" support incoming leader Felix Tshisekedi after a disputed election that surprised the world by bringing an opposition leader to power. Kabila is stepping aside after ...
Congo's top court on Sunday declared opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi the winner of disputed presidential elections after throwing out a legal challenge by the runner-up. Announcing the final results of the long awaited poll, the Consitutional Court said Tshisekedi had won by a simple majority, ...
U.N. health chief orders probe into alleged racism, sexism and corruption at WHO
The head of the World Health Organization has ordered an internal investigation into allegations the U.N. health agency is rife with racism, sexism and corruption, after a series of anonymous emails with the explosive charges were sent to top managers last year. Three emails addressed ...
In 'unexpected' gender role twist, Congo Ebola outbreak hits more women as they head households
About two-thirds of patients in Congo's latest Ebola outbreak have been women, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, calling for more focus on gender in disease control and prevention. The outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is the world's second-largest and has infected ...
The death toll from the latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has passed the 400 mark in the east and northeast, health authorities said Tuesday. "Since the start of the epidemic, the total number of cases is 658 — 609 confirmed ...
Opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi is surprise winner of Congo's presidential election
Congo's electoral commission on Thursday declared opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi the surprise winner of last month's presidential election, a result that sets the stage for the country's first democratic transfer of power. The outcome of the disorganized and contentious Dec. 30 poll is being contested ...
Democratic Republic of Congo opposition, ruling coalition both say they have won chaotic election
Democratic Republic of Congo's opposition said Monday it expects one of its candidates to win the presidential election based on early vote tallies, but the ruling coalition said it was confident its candidate had won the chaotic contest. The competing claims followed a disorderly election ...
Rich in the minerals that power the world's mobile phones and laptops, yet desperately underdeveloped, Congo votes on Sunday for its first new president in nearly two decades. This could be the sprawling country's first peaceful, democratic transfer of power. But a last-minute decision to ...
Patients flee after Ebola holding center is attacked by election-delay protesters in Congo
Patients being monitored as possible Ebola patients fled a camp in eastern DR Congo on Thursday after it was attacked by demonstrators protesting further delays to the country's election, the health ministry said. Around 20 patients fled the center during the incident, at a holding ...
Voters in three Congolese cities known as anti-government strongholds will be excluded from Sunday's presidential elections on security and health grounds, officials said, prompting calls for protests from angry opposition leaders. Electoral commission CENI said an Ebola outbreak was behind the cancellation of the ballot ...
