The DRC seeks to offer key minerals to the U.S., but rebel forces and China largely control access to these vital rare earth resources, which are said to be worth trillions of dollars.

A professor of global health was in Kivu when the fighting began to rage. She recounts what she and her colleagues ...

Mukwege was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 alongside Yazidi activist Nadia Murad for efforts to end sexual violence as a weapon of war. The pioneering doctor founded the Panzi Hospital ...

AT least 60 people have died of a ‘mystery disease’ in northwestern Congo. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday it ...

The Ministry of Health has dispatched experts to the affected areas to asses the situation and collect samples for further ...

UNICEF recorded nearly 600 cases of rape in the week following the fall of Goma, in the east of the country, at the end of ...

I first met Jill Clark in 1997 in Port Moresby. I was working to establish health clinics and she was helping children ...

Authorities investigating the deaths of at least 60 people in northwestern Congo suspect the water source in one of the areas may have been contaminated, the World Health Organization said Friday.

GOMA, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city a month ago Friday. Residents in Goma, which was once a critical trade and humanitarian hub, say they are struggling on ...

AT LEAST seven more people have died and 500 left sick from a mystery illness ravaging villages in north-western Congo, new figures reveal. Brits are being urged to look out for symptoms of the ...

By Eve Sampson The mystery behind an unknown illness that has killed dozens in the Democratic Republic of Congo just 48 hours after they first showed symptoms deepened after the World Health ...

In ongoing unexplained febrile illness clusters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the number of illnesses continues to grow, and though tests continue to rule out Ebola and Marburg ...