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Uganda declares first Ebola case outside outbreak from DRC

A 5-year-old boy vomiting blood becomes the first cross-border victim of Ebola in the current outbreak, while two more people in Uganda test positive for the highly contagious disease that has killed nearly 1,400 in Democratic Republic of Congo.

One in four Ebola cases 'undetected' in DRC – WHO

Some 2,025 cases and 1,357 deaths recorded since the epidemic began in August in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's North Kivu and Ituri provinces, WHO officials say.

Attack in DRC kills at least 13 civilians in Ebola zone

The overnight attack blamed on rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces group comes as the deadly Ebola outbreak in the east surpasses 2,000 cases.

30 dead, dozens missing in DR Congo boat accident - mayor

Authorities in western Congo said that at least 30 people are dead and another 200 are missing after a boat sank on a lake.

Meet the Scott sisters - the directors of “In the Shadow of War”

TRT World interviewed Sophia and Georgia Scott about their thoughts and ideas behind the documentaries they produce.

Death toll tops 1,000 in Congo Ebola outbreak

A World Health Organization expert says the UN body expects continued "intense transmission" of Ebola virus in Congo with community mistrust being a major issue in some areas.

South Sudan hires US lobby group to avoid war crime charges

Many African governments and prominent political figures hire Trump-linked lobby groups in the US to ease sanctions against them.

Is DAESH making inroads in DR Congo?

The recent attack which DAESH claimed responsibility for is the latest chain of emerging links between the terrorist group and the Allied Democratic Force, a shadowy Ugandan-led group in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Death toll from DRC boat accident rises to 40

The boat was carrying nearly 200 people when it capsized in Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week. Over 100 remain missing.

Militiamen kill senior WHO official in attack on Congo Ebola centre

Butembo city deputy mayor, Patrick Kambale, identifies assailants as "Mai-Mai rebels."

Several missing, 13 dead in Republic of Congo boat accident - president

Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi declared mourning as 13 people are dead and 142 still missing from a passenger boat that sank on Lake Kivu.

Belgium apologises for mixed-race abductions in colonial era

Belgium officially acknowledges responsibility for segregation policy under which 'metis' children were seized from Congo, part of its brutal 80 years of African colonisation.