United Nations, Jan 31 (IANS): The United Nations is "deeply concerned" by the M23 rebel group advancing towards South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a UN spokesman said.

"It wasn't Guinea-worm disease. After receiving treatment, he was able to resume his life as a fisherman. I was very proud to have helped him." In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the elimination ...

After days of intense fighting, the humanitarian situation in Goma, capital of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has reached alarming levels - with humanitarian needs now massive and ...

Salomon Kosoma, a fisherman and farmer in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is also a community ...

More than a thousand people were admitted to hospitals in the city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid hostilities.

A nurse has died from Ebola in the Ugandan capital Kampala, the health ministry said. "An outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease has been confirmed ...

Members of the M23 rebel group gather to supervise Congolese potential recruits for the M23 rebel group before being taken to ...

Acreage expansion off the table despite surging palm oil demand Dr. Rizal Affandi Lukman is the Secretary General ...

Health authorities say they've identified at least 44 contacts of the deceased, including 30 hospital staff and patients.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that it has deployed an emergency medical team to help Uganda fight a deadly Ebola outbreak that killed a health worker in Kampala, the Ugandan ...

Staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been told to halt all communication with the World Health ...