Fighting by Islamic State and other terrorist groups over minerals and power has led to widespread killings and rape in the DRC. Disease, child slavery and Christian persecution stalk the population.

The rapid spread of illness in the African country may be due to contaminated water, rather than a virus that jumped from bat ...

Laboratory testing has proven that a recent deadly disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo was caused by malaria ...

The World Health Organization is investigating "another cluster of illness" in northern Congo, as a deadly mystery disease spreads in the region.

As of February 16, there were 431 cases and 53 deaths in two outbreaks in remote villages in different health zones in ...

At least 53 people have died from an unidentified virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ... samples testing negative for Ebola and Marburg. They are also undertaking field investigations ...

The crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is getting worse. In January, even before the Rwanda-backed M23 seized Goma and Bukavu, and before the collapse of much of the humanitarian aid ...

Tanzanian health authorities declared the end of the country's second Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak after recor ...

Over 1,000 people are sick from the mystery disease, health officials said. At least 60 people have died and over 1,000 more are sick from a deadly "unknown disease" spreading in a region of the ...

More than 50 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, most within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. Initial analysis suggests neither Ebola nor Marburg is the cause.