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## democratic republic of congo


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd724105b36f74e4e/6a610630a5cdca50346e2758/AP26170587315024.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 22, 2026  
## [Angry Mobs Are Attacking Health Workers in Congo. It Will Only Make the Ebola Outbreak Worse](https://time.com/article/2026/07/22/angry-mobs-are-attacking-health-workers-in-congo-it-will-only-make-the-ebola-outbreak-worse/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
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May 17, 2026  
## [WHO Declares Global Emergency Over Ebola Strain With No Vaccine](https://time.com/article/2026/05/17/who-global-emergency-ebola-Bundibugyo/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Nandika Chatterjee
* ![TOPSHOT-RDCONGO-HEALTH-EBOLA-ATTACK](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc7d7b0498484242b/69894743656a3f5712bd6d4c/ebola-treatment-center-drc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 25, 2019  
## [IRC: More Than 1,000 Ebola Cases Reported in DRC](https://time.com/5557892/ebola-congo-drc-1000-cases/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Hillary Leung
* ![Médecins sans frontière team members walk through an Ebola security zone in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 20, 2018](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte87f75ea919a190f/6989465b929fadfd63bf2d5b/democratic-republic-of-congo-msf-brief-bulletin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 7, 2019  
## [Attacks on Ebola Centers in Congo Raise Fears That the Disease Will Spread](https://time.com/5546789/ebola-center-attacks-congo/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker
* ![A ranger in the morning mist stands near a security post on](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt655ed955f6f20688/69893249cf40a8fe51c4c68b/gettyimages-585818640.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 5, 2018  
## [Congo's Virunga National Park Closes Until 2019 Amid Attacks](https://time.com/5301282/africa-congo-virguna-national-park-closed/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Eli Meixler  
* ![Dr. Mukwege, founder and lead doctor of the Panzi Center in the Democratic Republic of Congo.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5880d5e623b850cc/6988f65a8fd2ee5dda35a23c/optimist-issue-mukwege.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 4, 2018  
## [Thousands of African Women Face Sexual Violence. Meet the Surgeon Who Is Helping Them Rebuild Their Lives](https://time.com/5087346/dr-denis-mukwege-surgeon-helping-rebuild-african-women-lives/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Charlotte Alter
* ![Congolese women walk past a sign opposin](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23d9708c506a2be8/6988f50c97cdff6a706b39ee/gettyimages-83913214.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 14, 2017  
## [Life Sentences for Congolese Fighters Who Raped Dozens of Children](https://time.com/5063879/congo-child-rape-fighters-jailed/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Joseph Hincks
* ![DRCONGO-HEALTH-EPIDEMIC-EBOLA](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5830fb78a44affea/6988cdd5a988cab6cb6bc480/gettyimages-456998186.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 18, 2017  
## [Ebola Is Back. Here Are the Challenges Ahead](https://time.com/4784029/ebola-outbreak-congo/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Kate Samuelson
* ![4th Annual Town & Country Philanthropy Summit](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf88abd5a161897f/6988cd8dbc6cfcb5363e1614/how-dare-the-sun-rise-excerpt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 16, 2017  
## [My Night of Terror in a Refugee Camp](https://time.com/4778080/how-dare-the-sun-rise-excerpt/)  
by Sandra Uwiringiyimana and Abigail Pesta
* ![Hygienists wearing protective suits disinfect the toilets of the Ebola treatment centre in Lokolia, on October 5, 2014.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b71f89a5ea085c9/6988cd428e060173b346a5a8/ebola-congo1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 15, 2017  
## [Second Case of Ebola Confirmed in Congo Outbreak](https://time.com/4778938/congo-ebola-outbreak/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Tara John  
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
May 4, 2017  
## [KOKOKO! The Congolese Band Making Music From Electronic Junk](https://time.com/4766452/kokoko-band-congo-drc-music-africa/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Feliz Solomon
* ![Congo Politics](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5c6e800ad2f5a89/6988b3a60a4a22a4f49cc68e/ap_16355671013978.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 21, 2016  
## [At Least 26 Protesters Killed in Congo](https://time.com/4608786/drc-congo-protest-joseph-kabila/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Reuters
* ![Congolese President Joseph Kabila sits during a special joint session of parliament in Kinshasa on Nov. 15, 2016, the day after Prime Minister Augustin Matata resigned to make way for an opposition figure in line with a controversial deal that effectivel](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt736ea5fb9e911ec0/6988b336196cf44fea03e4cf/congo-president-joseph-kabila.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 16, 2016  
## [Congo's President Is Refusing to Step Down](https://time.com/4604626/congo-kabila-protests-glissement-katumbi/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker
* ![DRCONGO-FOOD-HEALTH-GASTRONOMY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt057485e1013363cb/6988aa91e20a8705e6a92d91/gettyimages-452416328.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 19, 2016  
## [Violence Over 'Caterpillar Tax' in DR Congo](https://time.com/4536314/caterpillar-tax-congo-violence/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Tekendra Parmar
* ![TOPSHOT-DRCONGO-POLITICS-UNREST-DEMO](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd7903df518a8673/6988a8285f570f9566b22b8c/gettyimages-607867398.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 30, 2016  
## [Families of U.S. Personnel in Democratic Republic of Congo Ordered to Leave Amid Unrest](https://time.com/4514140/democratic-republic-congo-us-families/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Dominique Rowe

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