A volunteer has received the first dose of a new vaccine aimed at ending the deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Health workers in the DRC battle a range of obstacles, from infection risk to angry mob attacks.

New data supports the idea that Merck’s Ebola vaccine Ervebo, licensed to target the Zaire species of ebolaviruses, could also offer some protection against another.

Uganda ⁠⁠discharges last-remaining patient, as WHO says Ebola has ‘expanded faster than any previous outbreak’ in DRC.

The DRC is making a third attempt to bring Rwanda before the world’s highest court in relation to the violence in its eastern region.

Timothée Birindwa, an emergency health co-ordinator for the International Rescue Committee, arrived in Bunia,

With no progress on implementation of the Washington Peace Accords, Kinshasa has sent a high-ranking diplomat to Europe brandishing a memo signed by the FDLR – undermining some of Kigali’s leverage with Western partners.

Angolan president João Lourenço received on Friday a message from his counterpart from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi, regarding the security situation in the east of that African country.