KINSHASA: The head of the World Health Organization has arrived in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, to support efforts against an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola virus, as medical personnel struggle with a lack of equipment, a distrustful population and armed groups in a volatile region. “To come here is to really show to the community that they’re not alone,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at the airport late Thursday.

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus fears insecurity in the eastern DRC, which has been plagued for three decades by conflict, is making it extremely difficult to…

Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will arrive in Kinshasa before travelling to Ituri province in Congo's northeast, where the first Ebola cases were reported and the…

The World Health Organization chief is heading to the Democratic Republic of Congo to combat a deadly Ebola outbreak. He pledged full support to the nation, emphasizing that…

WHO chief heads to Ebola-hit DR Congo