Kinshasa: Sharon Gaffney is pleased to welcome Heather Kerr, Country Director for Congo at the International Rescue Committee. The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is unprecedented, not simply because of its scale, but be…
Democratic republic of congo: Turning to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Ebola outbreak continues to spread rapidly. Africa’s top health agency announced Thursday that it will roll out a vaccine targeting a previous Ebola strain, in an eff…
Antwerp: In 1894, when the Belgian city of Antwerp hosted a World’s Fair, 144 Congolese people were forcibly brought to the city to be exhibited in the Congo Pavilion. In this “human zoo,” seven Congolese men ultimately died of disease. Today, this sh…
Kinshasa: The Democratic Republic of Congo has reached a critical point in its battle against the Ebola virus, with the number of confirmed cases surpassing 4,000. The outbreak continues to challenge health officials and communities in the region.
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Kinshasa: Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have intercepted a passenger boat outside Kinshasa following the death of a former passenger suspected of having Ebola, officials said Wednesday.
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Kinshasa: Agencies are on high alert amid reports that the rapidly spreading Ebola Bundibugyo virus species in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has infected 19 internally displaced people, killing five of them, according to the UN’s refugee …