Kinshasa, Congo - Congo's health minister said Thursday the country's government was on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that has killed dozens of people in recent weeks, nearly half of whom ...

At least 60 people have died and over 1,000 more are sick from a deadly "unknown disease" spreading in a region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said.

The head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo met with leaders of the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 on Friday in Goma, ...

At a press briefing on Dec. 10, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said 10 out of 12 samples from patients ...

Mystery ‘Disease X’ Probed After Killing 79 People in Congo. ... and the culprit is likely to be airborne, said Dieudonné Muamba, director general of the National Public Health Institute.

Malaria is the leading cause of death in Congo, resulting in more than 24,000 deaths each year. It also accounts for 19% of deaths among children under 5 in the country, according to the United ...

A mysterious disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo has infected more than 400 people and killed more than 30, mostly children, according to the World Health Organization.. The WHO was ...

“In 2024, violence against children in armed conflict reached unprecedented levels, with a staggering 25 percent surge in the ...

DR Congo’s military spokesperson, General Sylvain Ekenge, told CNN Tuesday that the rebels’ call for a ceasefire was not genuine. “Have you seen the Rwandans do what they say? It ...

General Jacques Ychaligonza, who is in charge of operations and intelligence for Congo's military, was asked by reporters about Kainerugaba's comments after a meeting with a Ugandan counterpart in ...

Violence against children caught in multiple and escalating conflicts reached “unprecedented levels” last year, with the ...

President Trump’s Africa envoy Massad Boulos has finished a tour of several East African nations, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he discussed a peace deal that could ...