Democratic Republic of the Congo

Denis Mukwege, Nobel Peace Laureate, attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 3, 2019

Two Years Ago He Won the Nobel Peace Prize. Now, He’s Under Threat for Standing Up for Victims of Sexual Violence

Dr Denis Mukwege's calls for justice for the victims of Congo’s ongoing con...

Dr Denis Mukwege's calls for justice for the victims of Congo’s ongoing conflict have earned him threats against his life and his hospital

Two staff members of the Congolese Ministry of Health wear PPE to perform a COVID-19 in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on March 31, 2020.

Armed Conflict Has Forced 661,000 People to Flee Their Homes During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Armed conflict has forced at least 661,000 people around the world to flee ...

Armed conflict has forced at least 661,000 people around the world to flee their homes during the last two months of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report, as experts say world leaders are...

Health workers undertaking the burial of an eleven-month old child, Bunzi, in Beni, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 5th 2019.

How This Pastor of a Megachurch Is Fueling Ebola Conspiracy Theories

Pastor Jules Mulindwa runs a rollicking Congolese megachurch complete with ...

Pastor Jules Mulindwa runs a rollicking Congolese megachurch complete with flashing lights and a live band. Walk into Sunday services and the applause is startling. Don’t even bother shouting into the ear of the person...

Health workers are seen inside the 'red zone' of an Ebola treatment centre, which was attacked in the early hours of the morning on March 9, 2019 in Butembo.

WHO Declares Ebola in Congo a Public-Health Emergency Nearly a Year After Outbreak

They called for stronger response efforts

A Red Cross Safe and Dignified Burial team (SDB) responds to an alert from family members who have lost a loved one suspected of having died of ebola, in Beni, The Democratic Republic of the Congo on June 2nd 2019.

Inside the Battle to Save Congo From the Ebola Crisis

Outside a brown cement house in the eastern city of Beni in eastern Democra...

Outside a brown cement house in the eastern city of Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a government-employed psychologist is telling 19-year-old Merveille Mwenze that her husband has tested positive for Ebola. She’s...

Health workers are seen inside an Ebola treatment center in Butembo, which was attacked on March 9, 2019.

Ebola Was Confirmed in a Major City in the Congo, Stoking Concerns That the Outbreak Will Keep Spreading

Security issues have made it hard to contain

This photo shows the Nebraska Medical Center is Omaha, Neb. on Nov. 14, 2014.

American Flown to Nebraska Hospital After Possible Ebola Exposure in the Congo

“This person may have been exposed to the virus but is not ill and is not c...

“This person may have been exposed to the virus but is not ill and is not contagious,” Dr. Cieslak said. “Should any symptoms develop, the Nebraska Medicine/UNMC team is among the most qualified in the world to deal with them.”