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The World Health Organization warned Friday that violence is impeding efforts to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after protesters demanding the return of a victim’s body set fire to a treatment center.
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - As Ebola cases rise in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Americans who have been in that country, Uganda, or South Sudan within the last three weeks must only return to the United States through Washington Dulles for enhanced screening,
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), prompting the Indian government to advise citizens against non-essential travel to the affected countries.
Recurring Ebola outbreaks in Democratic Republic of Congo are linked to rural communities’ customs and reliance on bushmeat as a source of prote
A U.S. citizen who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where an outbreak of a rare strain of the virus has killed over 130 people, is being treated in Germany and is in stable condition,
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) may be trying to sell minerals to the Trump Administration and U.S. companies that it doesn’t have now or may not have in the future, according to regional analysts who claim they are under control of China and ...
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‘Corporate capture’ of critical minerals risks repeating DRC’s extractive past, warns indigenous leader
By David Akana The global rush for minerals needed for the green energy transition risks repeating the same old extractive patterns that have long left communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo bearing the costs while others reap the benefits,
As a deadly Ebola outbreak tears through northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo, many first responders are turning a critical eye on events that preceded the crisis: layoffs of health workers funded by the United States,