Prison conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo have deteriorated, with cases of torture and sexual violence being reported in detention centres run by the intelligence services, the U.N. High ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicenter of an mpox epidemic, launched a vaccination campaign against the virus on ...

Congolese health officials launched their first mpox vaccination campaign on Saturday, a key step in efforts to contain an ...

Congolese authorities have started vaccinations against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from ...

While experts stress this is not a ‘silver bullet’ to end the outbreak, the vaccination campaign cannot come soon enough ...

The governor of the South Kivu province said the death toll was provisional and the number of fatalities could rise further.

In our news wrap Thursday, Hurricane Helene's death toll has risen to 200, Typhoon Krathon made landfall in southwestern ...

Marburg hemorrhagic fever has killed 11 people in Rwanda, health authorities said Thursday, as the East African country searches for the source of an outbreak first traced ...

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said mpox is spreading rapidly in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa, a city of 17 million people, and an urgent intervention is needed.

GOMA, Congo -- A boat carrying scores of passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, killing at least 50 people, witnesses told The Associated Press.

Competitors participated in ­various events, including a 100-metre dash, half-mile run, weightlifting, rowing, shooting, ...