Lomami: 3 alleged activists arrested, teachers beaten following the dead city day decreed by the UDPS in Mwene-ditu
1 year agoISIS claims killing and injuring several Congolese soldiers in Beni area
1 year agoAid group Doctors Without Borders (@MSF) has accused the World Health Organization @WHO of rationing the Ebola vaccine in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Uganda, UN force discuss need for joint operations in restive eastern DR Congo
DRC: Hutu militia leader, Sylvestre Mudacumura, killed in eastern DRC
DRC train derailment has killed at least 50 people
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 18km W of Ntoroko, Uganda
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 166km NE of Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 156km NE of Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 year agoDRCongo: UN Secretary-General Guterres arrives in Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He had just visited Goma, the capital of the province of North Kivu, which is trying to fight against an Ebola epidemic that has claimed the lives of more than 2,000 people
Uganda Kasese: 9-year-old girl dies from Ebola in Uganda - she had crossed the border into Uganda from Eastern Congo DRC
1 year agoLatest Ebola stats from DR Congo as of 20th August; No of cases since outbreak began: 2927. No of deaths: 1961. A 'Stop Ebola' March was held in Goma today. (March images= UNFPA)
Congo's year-long Ebola outbreak has spread to a new province, with two cases, including one death, confirmed in South Kivu, according to the government health ministry.
1 year agoHealth officials from DRC and Rwanda have agreed to tighten border health screening, have Rwandan Drs go to DRC to learn about ebola first hand, and continue sharing info. First meeting of its kind in Gisenyi- together with the WHO
The authorities confirm that the Saitama woman who returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo has the flu, not the deadly Ebola virus
The Japanese woman returned from DRCongo on July 31, according to Japan health ministry. #Ebola
Japan government vows to do everything it can to prevent secondary Ebola infections
Third Ebola case confirmed in DR Congo's Goma
Rwanda official says his country has closed its border with Congo because of the deadly Ebola outbreak
New Ebola case diagnosed in DR Congo's Goma: health official
1 year agoToday, ISIS released it's first ever video from it's Central Africa branch, essentially DRC and Mosambique
1 year agoDRCongo: Islamist rebels killed 12 people in two simultaneous attacks in the towns of Eringeti and Oicha in Beni, which is fighting to contain the Ebola epidemic
1 year agoThere were +14 Ebola cases and +6 deaths on Sunday. So far in this outbreak, 2592 people have been infected and 1743 people have died
Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency
The Ebola outbreak in DRC constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, citing concerning geographical expansion of the virus: WHO Director-General, @DrTedros following the IHR Emergency Committee's recommendation alert
1 year ago@MinofHealthUG and @WHOUganda are identifying contacts of a person from the Democratic Republic of Congo who visited Uganda to trade in fish before returning to DRC, where she later died of Ebola. At present,there is NO confirmed case of Ebola in Uganda
First Ebola patient in DR Congo's Goma dies
1 year ago"The identification of a case of Ebola in Goma, DRC could potentially be a game-changer in the epidemic. I have therefore decided to reconvene the Emergency Committee as soon as possible to assess the threat of this development and advise me accordingly"- WHO director @DrTedros
Two Ebola awareness workers killed in Democratic Republic Congo – health ministry
1 year agoThere were 12 new Ebola cases reported on Saturday and 10 deaths (3 in the community). The outbreak totals are 2489 cases and 1665 deaths.
