Democratic Republic of Congo

Ebola crisis

WHO Reports 19 Dead, 39 Infected in Congo Ebola Outbreak

Reuters 14/05/2018

At present the outbreak did not meet the criteria for declaring...

FILE PHOTO: A health worker sprays a colleague with disinfectant during a training session for Congolese health workers to deal with Ebola virus in Kinshasa October 21, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Media Coulibaly/File Photo

Congo, UN Deploy Specialists to Tackle Ebola Epidemic

Reuters 14/05/2018

Officials are racing to prevent the virus from spreading...

Ebola crisis

WHO Hopes to Use Ebola Vaccine to Stem Congo Outbreak

Reuters 11/05/2018

Congo notified the WHO of the outbreak on May...

FILE PHOTO: A health worker sprays a colleague with disinfectant during a training session for Congolese health workers to deal with Ebola virus in Kinshasa October 21, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Media Coulibaly/File Photo

First Death in New Ebola Outbreak Confirmed in Congo

Patient Ligodi 11/05/2018

Eleven other people are confirmed to be infected, including...

Rescuers carry a child who survived after a mudslide at a rubbish landfill in the Dar Es Salam neighbourhood, on the outskirts of the capital Conakry, Guinea, August 22, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Saliou Samb

Guinea Mudslide at Rubbish Dump Claims at Least Eight Lives

Saliou Samb 23/08/2017

The disaster followed landslides in Sierra Leone and Democratic...

FILE PHOTO: A health worker sprays a colleague with disinfectant during a training session for Congolese health workers to deal with Ebola virus in Kinshasa October 21, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Media Coulibaly

Fourth Person Dies Due to Ebola in Congo, Says WHO

Reuters 22/05/2017

The overall number of cases of the haemorrhagic fever...

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The World’s Five Deadliest Volcanoes and Why They’re So Dangerous

Matthew Blackett 15/04/2017

Since 1600, 278,880 people have been killed by volcanic...