The private mercenary brigade that has managed to bully the Congo government for three months agreed last week to pack up and leave the country. Belgian Planter Jean Schramme and his force of 150 ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The government of Congo has canceled an auction for 27 sites earmarked for oil exploration, citing late submissions and a lack of competition. The country’s oil minister ...

no deaths). There are two clades of mpox, each with a and b subclades. READ: First mpox vaccines due in DR Congo on Thursday The WHO said the clades and their subclades were circulating in ...

GENEVA — Limited capacity is keeping Mpox testing coverage low in the DR Congo — the epicenter of ... followed by Burundi (1,489 suspected cases, no deaths), and Nigeria (935 suspected cases ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — The overcrowded boat that capsized in eastern Congo last week killed eight members of Serge Nzonga’s family along with 70 others. One week later, as authorities continued to ...

Congolese authorities on Saturday began vaccination against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from Congo to several African countries and beyond was declared a global ...

Many people have no access to soap, clean water or other basics. Some eastern Congo communities are out of reach of health clinics — roads are unreliable, and hourslong risky boat trips are ...