Congo’s Ebola outbreak spreads to new health zone
World 14:25 11/06/2026DAKAR - Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to a new health zone in the northeastern province of Ituri, authorities said on Wednesday, as fresh infections underline sustained transmission more than three weeks after the epidemic was declared.
US adds $38 million for Ebola as CDC warns outbreak could match 2014
World 14:47 06/06/2026WASHINGTON -- The United States said on Friday it would provide an additional $38 million for Ebola response efforts, as the CDC warned that without strong public health interventions the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo could match or surpass the 2014-16 West Africa crisis.
Congo confirms new Ebola outbreak, 80 deaths
World 11:35 16/05/2026Eighty people have died in a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province, the country's health ministry said late on Friday.
DR Congo score extra-time winner to qualify for World Cup
World 11:11 01/04/2026GUADALAJARA, MEXICO -- The Democratic Republic of Congo qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 1974 after Axel Tuanzebe netted an extra-time winner to see off Jamaica 1-0 in their inter-confederation playoff on Tuesday.
'At least 200' feared dead in DR Congo landslide: government
World 14:22 02/02/2026The Democratic Republic of Congo's government said on Sunday it feared "at least 200 dead" in a "massive" landslide that struck a militia-held mine in the country's east.
More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in east Congo, official says
World 12:28 31/01/2026More than 200 people were killed this week in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Lumumba Kambere Muyisa, spokesperson for the rebel-appointed governor of the province where the mine is located, told Reuters on Friday.
At least 148 people die after boat catches fire in Congo, media reports say
World 14:51 19/04/2025At least 148 people were found dead in Democratic Republic of Congo after a motorised wooden boat caught fire and capsized, media reports citing local officials said on Friday.
