--- title: democratic republic of congo | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/democratic-republic-of-congo/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/democratic-republic-of-congo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # democratic republic of congo ## democratic republic of congo *  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/) by Rebecca Schneid *  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 *  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 *  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 *  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 *  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 *  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 *  May 18, 2017 ## [Ebola Is Back. Here Are the Challenges Ahead](https://time.com/4784029/ebola-outbreak-congo/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Kate Samuelson *  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 *  May 15, 2017 ## [Second Case of Ebola Confirmed in Congo Outbreak](https://time.com/4778938/congo-ebola-outbreak/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Tara John *  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 *  Dec 21, 2016 ## [At Least 26 Protesters Killed in Congo](https://time.com/4608786/drc-congo-protest-joseph-kabila/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Reuters *  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 *  Oct 19, 2016 ## [Violence Over 'Caterpillar Tax' in DR Congo](https://time.com/4536314/caterpillar-tax-congo-violence/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Tekendra Parmar *  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 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/democratic-republic-of-congo/","name":"democratic republic of congo"}}]}] ```