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Ebola death toll in DRC rises as people resist measures

A vaccination drive was launched last week, but as with past outbreaks, people in the region doubt the existence of Ebola and reject measures aimed at checking its spread, including not to touch sick people and not to wash the dead.

New Ebola cases in DRC spark action to combat resurgence

Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday announced a return of Ebola in its troubled east, just three months after authorities declared the end of the country’s latest outbreak.

Dozens killed in militant attack on eastern DRC village

Local officials blame the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) for carrying out the deadly assault on the village in Irumu territory.

Over two dozen feared dead in DRC barge sinking

Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo's Tshopo province say bodies of six people have been found and 19 others are still missing in last week's accident on Congo River.

DRC army finds bodies of civilians slain in New Year Eve attack

Democratic Republic of Congo’s forces were chasing ADF fighters when they found the remains of at least 25 civilians, the administrator of the Beni territory said.

Attack blamed on ADF militia leaves several dead in DRC

At least six people have been killed and 24 civilians abducted in the overnight attack in Beni, North Kivu province, officials said.

More than a dozen killed in DRC attacks

An initial assault killed seven people, territorial administrator Donat Kibwana has said, adding that "the attack took place at 11:00 pm and it was the ADF", which originated in the 1990s as an Ugandan rebel group.

Revisiting the UN Mapping Report on the DRC, a decade later

The UN Mapping Report on mass killings, rapes and displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo was a milestone in documenting crimes against humanity.

First bodies recovered at DRC mine accident site

Miners searching the site near the town of Kamituga have so far recovered 18 bodies, after heavy rains caused the artisanal gold mine to cave in, burying those working below ground.

Dozens killed after gold mines collapse in eastern DRC

Heavy rains lasting for days created landslides that caused three mines to collapse, burying workers underneath.

Dozens killed in rebel attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

A government-led military operation against various rebel groups in the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused hundreds of thousands to flee the region, amid a mounting death toll on both sides.

UN pays tribute to aid workers as it marks World Humanitarian Day

The Red Cross also said more than 600 attacks on health workers had been reported in connection with the Covid-19 crisis.