Current Events in the DRC

Residents burn an Ebola treatment center in Congo

Protesters set Ebola treatment center on fire in DRC, demanding return of body

Protesters caused a blaze at a health facility treating Ebola patients in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday, burning down two hospital tents, a local politician told CNN.

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Angry crowd sets Ebola hospital tents on fire in DR Congo

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Residents burn an Ebola treatment center in Congo as anger grows over the outbreak

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Ebola case confirmed in rebel-held Congo area far from outbreak's epicentre

Suspected cases of Ebola have been reported in a ‌rebel-held part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, hundreds of kilometres from the outbreak's epicentre, local officials s...

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Local residents set Ebola treatment centre on fire in Congo as anger grows over outbreak

National Herald · 18h

Congo’s Ebola outbreak outpaces response, aid groups warn of worsening crisis

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136 deaths, rare Ebola strain, no vaccine: Why the Bundibugyo outbreak in Congo is proving difficult to contain

The current Ebola outbreak in Congo is particularly concerning because it involves the Bundibugyo strain with no approved vaccines or licensed therapeutics.

The Conversation

DRC’s latest peace deal is breaking down and it isn’t the first – what’s being done wrong

A series of peace initiatives since 2021 have sought to address the escalation of conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following a renewed offensive from the M23 rebel group. The origins of this crisis go back to the First Congo War in 1996.