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A female peacekeeper from Malawi was killed in an attack by an Islamist militia in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province on Monday morning, the U.N. and the Malawian government said. A local civil rights group said separately that fighters with the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist armed group with …

Protests in DRC capital Kinshasa turned violent, reportedly leaving at least 3 people dead as demonstrators objected to the planned appointment of a new Electoral Commission chairperson

Congolese authorities and health workers vaccinated more than 200,000 people against Ebola in August, the government said on Sunday, using a Merck vaccine they hope will help rein in the world’s second-worst epidemic. Figures released by the government’s Ebola committee showed that 204,044 people had been inoculated since August 8. …

Over 1,000 people have died in an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – the second deadliest in history. With efforts to bring it under control are hampered by civil war and mistrust, health minister Oly Ilunga said 1,008 lives have been claimed by the virus, which …

Two Congolese soldiers and a civilian were killed in a shoot-out on Tuesday in Bovata, near the town of Beni, Reuters reported. Isis also claimed to have established a province in central Africa, declaring it the “Central Africa Province” of the so-called caliphate through its Amaq news agency. It was …