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Nine (9) civilians have been killed by rebels in the province of North Kivu, the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to reports. According to reports, members of the rebel group Forces de l’Alliance Démocratique (ADF) carried out an armed attack on the village of PK20 on the Mbau-Kamango road in …

At least 50 people have died after a boat carrying many passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo, reports said. According to witnesses “Rescue services recover at least 50 bodies from the water, 10 people survived and were taken to the local hospital.” The boat, overloaded with passengers, sank …

Nearly 200 people have been killed since January in “an alarming increase in attacks” by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militia in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN says. According to the UN refugee agency, 40,000 had been forced to flee their homes during the same …

Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed a third case of Ebola in the east of the country. The case occurred in North Kivu province, the same area as two earlier cases were detected. Efforts are underway to trace people who have come into contact with the …

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are gearing up to begin an Ebola vaccination campaign following the death of two people in North Kivu province. A 60-years-old female farmer died of Ebola on Wednesday, six days after a 42-year-old woman had died in hospital of the virus near the …