Ebola could be transformed from a terrifying disease into something that can be managed at home if drug trials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are successful, a leading scientist believes. Four experimental drugs are starting to be used as p...
The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to more than 200. The health ministry said it had recorded 201 deaths from the virus and that 291 cases have been confirmed since the outbreak began in August. A...
In the city of Beni, in the north-east corner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an outbreak of Ebola is simmering. Fear of this lethal disease and all that goes with it – grief over lost loved ones, exhausted emergency response workers and on...
Mbandaka, once prosperous and charming, with electricity and running water 24 hours a day, hasn’t moved on since the 1970s. Quite the opposite – this city, situated at the confluence of the Congo and Ruki rivers, has declined. Rainwater gnaws at the...
The former Congolese vice-president, Jean-Pierre Bemba, has had his convictions for war crimes and crimes against humanity overturned. The appeals chamber of the international criminal court in the Hague decided by a majority on Friday to acquit the...
Photographer-turned-filmmaker Daniel McCabe’s This Is Congo feels like the documentary equivalent of a long read about the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The film’s potted history in 92 minutes (delving into the complex...
Eighteen employees of a gorilla sanctuary in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have been abducted by a militia group, sources have said. An official with an NGO said the abduction took place on Monday in the area of Nzovu, in Kahuzi-Biega nat...