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Topic: Drc

DRC's Tshisekedi told to 'give up' constitution changes

By AFP   2026-08-24 23:05:33

"A nation at war should not have changing the constitution as a priority," said Delly Sesanga, president of the ENVOL party and member of the C64 opposition coalition.

Unpaid health workers deepen strain on DRC Ebola response

By Eunice Omollo   2026-08-19 09:57:55

Unpaid and overstretched health workers are becoming a critical bottleneck in the DRC’s Ebola response, threatening surveillance, treatment and infection control as the outbreak spreads.

Ebola may have been spreading in DRC weeks before it was detected

By Eunice Omollo   2026-08-13 15:30:56

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo may have been underway for weeks before health authorities knew they were dealing with the virus

Kenya raises Ebola readiness to nearly 90pc as DRC outbreak grows

By Wanjiku Kariuki   2026-08-12 14:15:31

Kenya's readiness to respond to an Ebola outbreak has climbed to nearly 90 per cent, a health official has said, despite the country never recording a case of the disease.

Ebola closes in on 2,000 deaths as DRC outbreak tests limits of response

By Eunice Omollo   2026-08-11 11:01:31

The numbers expose the scale of an outbreak that has already become the largest Ebola epidemic recorded in the DRC.

We should rewrite the story of DRC conflict

By Edward Githae   2026-08-08 22:13:16

African leaders should seek to understand why the AFC/M23 rebellion exists and persists despite previous peace agreements and repeated military campaigns against it.