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Gunmen kill two rangers in latest deadly attack in DRC’s Virunga National Park

By David Akana Gunmen have killed two rangers in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the latest deadly attack in a region roiled by militia violence. Park sources said a heavily armed group opened fire on a control post at Kamuhororo,

Congo province bans funeral wakes to contain Ebola's spread

By Erikas Mwisi and Emma Farge BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 22 (Reuters) - The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo province most affected by the country's Ebola outbreak banned funeral wakes on Friday,
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Ebola: WHO declares emergency as strain with no vaccine kills 100 in DRC and Uganda

A new outbreak of Ebola virus disease in central Africa, caused by the rare Bundibugyo version of the virus, has caused more than 300 suspected cases and killed 100 people, health officials have said.

Ebola outbreak 'spreading rapidly' - as vaccine from UK scientists 'months away'

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is "spreading rapidly", the director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said, as UK scientists work on a new vaccine that could be "months away".

American Ebola patient evacuated from DRC to Germany is in stable condition, CDC says

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,
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Rights group claims armed group in DRC committed war crimes and crimes against humanity

Amnesty International stated on Tuesday that fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an armed group active in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), committed numerous human