Geneva Afrik24 – The World Health Organization has officially declared the rapidly escalating Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The declaration follows confirmation that the surge in deadly hemorrhagic
KINSHASA Afrik24 — A rapidly escalating health crisis in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has claimed more than 120 lives, triggering international alarm and a massive mobilization of emergency medical resources. The World Health Organization officially declared the situation a Public Health Emergency of International Concern after confirming
DR Congo Afrik24 – People in the town of Rwampara in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are fearful as health officials raise the alarm over a new outbreak of Ebola. It is one of two health zones in Ituri province that are at the epicentre of the latest eruption of the deadly virus with […]
DR Congo Afrik24 – Spending the past five days cooped up in a hotel in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo is not quite what a group of Latin Americans expected when they sought asylum in the United States. But their predicament is far from the worst of it: the men and women […]
Congo The eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is once again descending into chaos. Thousands of people are on the move, fleeing the intense fighting. Men, women and children, carrying their belongings, are leaving their villages in South Kivu, a forced exodus as clashes between the Congolese army and M23 rebels intensify. On Saturday, thousands […]
United Nations A new United Nations report says the number of conflict-related sexual violence cases reported in 2024 increased by 25 percent from the previous year. “The highest number of cases was reported in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Somalia, and South Sudan,” said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric. He […]











