Democratic Republic of the Congo

Nigeria confirms Ebola case in patient who arrived from Uganda

Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate told the public broadcaster that the female patient had traveled from Uganda in East Africa.

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Health workers and humanitarian responders on the front lines of the Ebola response gather to receive a vaccination due to their potential exposure to the virus as part of their work with suspected cases, including contacts, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak involving t
Health workers and humanitarian responders on the front lines of the Ebola response gather to receive a vaccination due to their potential exposure to the virus as part of their work with suspected cases, including contacts, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak involving t

Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case as regional outbreak spreads

Kenya has been on heightened alert, as a major Ebola outbreak centered in Congo has spread across borders in the region.

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ILLUSTRATIVE: This aerial view shows a whaling boat sailing on the Congo River in Mbandaka, Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on October 3, 2025.

At least 22 dead after two boats collide on Congo river, official says

Twenty-two bodies have been recovered and buried, while 59 people were rescued, Mputu said. He added that other victims might have been buried elsewhere.

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he national flags of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and China flutter at Tiananmen Square on May 26, 2023 in Beijing, China.

DRC plane crash kills 17, including two of the country's most senior military officials

An airplane crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo killed 17 people on Friday, including two of the country's most senior military justice officials, AFP reported.

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At least 14 killed in militant attack on Congo church- local official

In the Ituri province, some 3 million people are in desperate need of aid, according to a UN humanitarian agency.

AUGUST 28, 2023ByREUTERS
A Congolese girl covers her head as she in Rhoe camp for the internally displaced people (IDPs) in Djugu's territory, Ituri's province, north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo April 19, 2023.

Uganda military kills Islamist-linked rebel group commander

Uganda's military has vowed to keep hunting terrorists but stated that ADF fighters who surrender will be given amnesty.

AUGUST 26, 2023ByREUTERS
Ugandan soldiers

Uganda president says ex-Congo leader gave sanctuary to Islamist rebels

The president of Uganda has accused a former leader from the Democratic Republic of Congo of providing sanctuary and resources to Islamist rebels.

JULY 14, 2023ByREUTERS
Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (left) listens

Uganda detains 20 rebel 'collaborators' after student massacre

"At least 20 suspected ADF collaborators have been arrested, to assist with our investigations," the country's police force said in a statement.

JUNE 19, 2023ByREUTERS
Locals gather at the cordoned scene outside the Mpondwe Lhubirira Secondary School, after militants linked to rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed and abducted multiple people, in Mpondwe, western Uganda, June 17, 2023.

Law barring DR Congo’s only Jewish politician from presidency reconsidered

The bill has been criticized by human rights organizations, who are calling it unconstitutional, fearing that it could reignite violence in the recently war-torn state. 

APRIL 1, 2023ByDAVID KLEIN/ JTA
Moises Katumbi speaks at the European Jewish Association's Jerusalem Day gala in Brussels, Belgium on June 4, 2016.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo: A natural ally of Israel in Africa

Congolese Christians know about blessing Israel and being blessed. They want to see Congo thrive under the leadership of their president, aa role model in Africa and the world.

FEBRUARY 10, 2023ByJONATHAN FELDSTEIN
CONGO BLESS Israel committee members welcome the writer at Kinshasa international airport in Congo’s capital – with songs in Hebrew, making note of this being his first visit to Africa.

New Ebola case confirmed in eastern Congo -national medical institute

The country has recorded 14 outbreaks since 1976. The 2018-2020 outbreak in the east was Congo's largest and the second largest ever recorded, with nearly 3,500 total cases.

AUGUST 22, 2022ByREUTERS
A member of the French Red Cross disinfects the area around a motionless person suspected of carrying the Ebola virus as a crowd gathers in Forecariah, Guinea.

WHO officials investigating potential Ebola case in Congo

DR Congo's National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB) is currently testing samples from the patient in order to confirm whether or not they were infected with Ebola.

AUGUST 21, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Congolese boy walks past a wall in Beni, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, April 1, 2019.

Congo nun overcomes blackouts with homemade hydroelectric plant

It took three years to gather the required $297,000 and build the plant.

APRIL 21, 2022ByREUTERS
A nun lights up a village in Congo with a micro hydropower plant in Miti near Bukavu

Suspected Islamists kill 21 civilians in eastern Congo

Fighters believed to be from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked the village of Masambo on Sunday night.

APRIL 4, 2022ByREUTERS
An Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) soldier walks along a road after Islamist rebel group called the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked area around Mukoko village, North Kivu province of Democratic Republic of Congo, December 11, 2018.