Ebola
8 Jan 2020
The deadly virus has killed nearly three times as many people in the Democratic Republic of Congo as any Ebola outbreak. It's preventable with a vaccine.
19 Nov 2019
Second vaccine brings fresh hope in DRC's fight against Ebola
9 Nov 2019
A journalist involved in the fight against the Ebola virus in Congo has been stabbed to death. Health experts blame violence and distrust in some areas for worsening the spread of the deadly disease.
7 Nov 2019
Reps to Buhari: Immortalise Nigeria's Ebola hero, Stella Adadevoh
4 Nov 2019
The Democratic Republic of Congo is grappling with the world's second-largest Ebola epidemic on record. The World Health Organization has more than 650 staff on the ground to try and contain the deadly virus where mistrust of Western medicine lingers.
14 Oct 2019
Many in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been waiting for this moment: A new vaccine to battle the Ebola outbreak is about to be released. The vaccine could reach broader parts of the population than before.
11 Oct 2019
The Ebola epidemic in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been confined to a rural area rife with militias and people on the move, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
23 Sep 2019
The World Health Organization has said it learned the East African country has one confirmed and two suspected cases of Ebola. The latest outbreak has already spread from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Uganda.
12 Sep 2019
When it comes to fighting the Ebola outbreak, the German foreign minister had a straightforward message for DRC President Felix Tshisekedi. Fabian von der Mark reports from Kinshasa.
30 Aug 2019
The death toll from Democratic Republic of Congo's year-long Ebola outbreak has climbed above 2,000, government data showed on Friday (August 30), as responders battle to overcome community mistrust and widespread security problems.
15 Aug 2019
An end of the Ebola Virus might have come as scientists are confirming reduced death rate after trial of two of four proposed drugs on patients in badly affected areas of DR Congo.