Africa’s top health official asks US to lift Ebola-related travel restrictions on Uganda
The head of Africa's top public health agency said he had written to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ...
Tag: Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
UN sanctions armed groups’ leaders in eastern Congo
The United Nations Security Council has imposed sanctions on leaders of armed groups operating in eastern Congo including Rwandan-backed AFC/M23 ...
Trafigura backs out of Angola transmission line project sources say
Trafigura has walked away from a proposed 2,000-megawatt transmission line that would have carried surplus hydropower from Angola to copper ...
US to block citizens in Congo from immediate travel home, citing Ebola
The Trump administration on Monday said it is blocking American citizens in the Democratic Republic of Congo from traveling to ...
Rebels in Congo see Ebola as chance to show governing credentials
Congo's AFC/M23 rebels have used a small Ebola outbreak in territory they control to showcase their ability to govern, mounting ...
Second Ebola treatment centre opens in North Kivu
A second Ebola treatment centre has been inaugurated in North Kivu, one of three provinces of the DR Congo hit ...
Ebola outbreak could cost Africa up to $3.6 billion, UN says
The United Nations said on Tuesday that an Ebola outbreak could cost Africa up to $3.6 billion and hundreds of ...
DR Congo says confirmed Ebola cases rise to 1003, including 254 deaths
Confirmed cases in the Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo have reached 1,003, including 254 deaths, officials said in a ...
Rwanda stepping up precautions against Ebola, health minister says
One month into the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, neighbouring Rwanda says it's taking "public ...
Health workers struggle to contain Ebola in Congo camps as distrust grows
After the Kpangba displacement camp became the first in this part of war-torn Congo to record deaths from Ebola two ...