Ebola medics fear being targeted in Congo after fatal road crash
Medics facing suspicion and hostility as they fight an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo fear their job might become even riskier after one of their vehicles was involved in a fatal crash. The accident, in the town of Butembo, resulted in the ...
More than 1,000 people have now died of Ebola in Congo, authorities said, as aid workers warned that the highly contagious virus combined with insecurity in the restive region was creating a "deeply worrying situation." The current outbreak is the second-deadliest on record, after an ...
Doctors at Ebola epicenter in Congo threaten strike after deadly raid
Doctors at the epicenter of Congo's Ebola crisis are threatening to go on strike indefinitely if health workers are attacked again. The march on Wednesday comes after a Cameroon national working for the World Health Organization was killed last week on assignment in eastern Congo. Dr. ...
Congo's president on Tuesday said he wants to see a deadly Ebola virus outbreak contained in less than three months even as some health experts say it could take twice as long. President Felix Tshisekedi spoke as he visited eastern Congo, where this outbreak has ...
U.S. aid chief: Deadly Congo Ebola outbreak 'far from contained'
The deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is far from contained, U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Mark Green said on Tuesday. "In the last week we have seen a number of signs that the outbreak is far from contained. There's a ...
Uganda tries to calm fears after kidnapped U.S. tourist and guide are rescued and ransom paid
President Donald Trump asked Uganda to find the abductors of a U.S. tourist and her guide to reassure guests of security, even after the East African nation's leader said the incident is isolated and that the parks are safe. "Uganda must find the kidnappers of ...
Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak is spreading at its fastest rate yet, eight months after it was first detected, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Each of the past two weeks has registered a record number of new cases, marking a sharp ...
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres has proposed shrinking the large peacekeeping force in Congo. After presidential elections in December that ended Joseph Kabila's rule and improved security, the 16,000-strong mission known as MONUSCO now can be reconfigured, U.N. officials have said. Guterres suggested a reduction of about ...
Ebola treatment center in Congo reopens after attack, but MSF yet to return
An Ebola treatment center at the epicenter of the current outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has resumed operations after it was closed in response to an attack last week, the Congolese health ministry said on Sunday. The facility in the city of Butembo ...
Armed assailants attacked an Ebola treatment center in eastern Congo on Wednesday, setting off a fire and becoming embroiled in an extended gunbattle with security forces, health officials said. The identity and motive of the assailants were unclear. Aid workers have faced mistrust in some ...
Aid agency MSF suspends nonessential work in eastern Congo after pair's abduction
Doctors Without Borders has suspended nonessential work in a part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, it said Sunday, days after gunmen abducted two MSF staff there. The agency, known by its French-language acronym MSF, said that security concerns compelled it to reduce staffing after ...
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 ...
