The epicenter of the Ebola outbreak is in Mongbwalu, a poor gold-mining town of 130,000 people, in Ituri province, in eastern Congo.

The Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda poses a grave threat, exacerbated by poor infrastructure and political decisions. Urgent global support is needed to protect vulnerable…

Attacks on Ebola treatment centers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo underscore the growing challenges authorities face, including rising community...

Intervention has become less about vanquishing the virus than trying to slow its steamroller advance

Health workers responding to a rapidly spreading outbreak of a rare type of Ebola in eastern Congo face two threats.

Ebola is spreading faster in Democratic Republic of Congo than responders can contain it, the World Health Organization warned, as suspected deaths climbed above 220 and treatment…

Aid workers are at risk in Congo where residents are under threat of armed groups that have killed thousands of people and displaced many more in recent years. | World News

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the issue of burials is central to the management of the new Ebola outbreak affecting the country. Since bodies remain contagious even…

A decades-old conflict has brought violence and instability to Congo—and its hampering efforts to control the Ebola outbreak.

The spread of the deadly haemorrhagic fever is unfolding a region that is at the epicentre of fighting between the army and armed groups.

Amidst the chaos of the latest Ebola outbreak in Mongbwalu, residents grapple with fear and denial, questioning the government's response while witnessing their neighbours succumb…

In the space of several weeks, the outbreak has spread to several provinces nearby and on to Ugandan soil.

Unlike other residents of Mongbwalu, a town at the eastern DRC's latest devastating Ebola outbreak, Laureine Sakiya believes the blood-letting virus exists after seeing neighbours…

Unlike other residents of Mongbwalu, a town at the heart of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's latest devastating Ebola outbreak, Laureine Sakiya believes that the…

GENEVA, May 27 — The World Health Organisation chief warned today that conflict raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was dramatically complicating efforts to rein in a...

The deadly Ebola outbreak unfolding in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is rapidly spiraling into a humanitarian disaster, with health officials...

The WHO chief warned Wednesday that conflict raging in eastern DRC was dramatically complicating efforts to rein in a deadly Ebola outbreak and urged an immediate ceasefire.

The World Health Organization said Wednesday that aid workers are struggling to respond to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

WHO warns of a catastrophic Ebola outbreak in DR Congo exacerbated by ongoing conflict, prompting Uganda to close its border.

The number of suspected cases in the country's east is nearing 1,000, with at least 220 suspected deaths.

The epicenter of the Ebola outbreak is in Mongbwalu, a poor gold-mining town of 130,000 people, in Ituri province, in eastern Congo.