Ebola creates new hot spots in Congo as responders describe ‘chaotic’ response

The Ebola outbreak in Congo is spreading rapidly to new hot spots where patients have little or no support. Responders and ...

Ebola death toll in Congo tops 4,000 in fastest-growing outbreak of the disease on record

Congo's Ebola outbreak has now recorded more than 4,000 deaths, authorities said, in what has become the fastest-growing ...

FIFA under fire after DR Congo allowed to reach World Cup despite ineligible player ruling

FIFA are under the spotlight once again as the controversy over the Democratic Republic of Congo and their place in the World ...

Congo miners could save $1 billion a year with new power project, Trafigura executive says

KINSHASA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Miners in Congo's Copperbelt could save about $1 billion annually by replacing diesel generation with imported electricity under a planned transmission project aimed at ...
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Ash Dykes Is Paddling Through the Congo Basin and Might Die, Though He Will Almost 100% Get a Parasite

Ash Dykes’s inflatable-kayak journey through the Congo Basin carries risks of malaria, infection, unsafe water and heat that ...

DR Congo uncovers $20B in payments to ineligible mining suppliers

The country is courting new mining investment and seeks to ensure that Congolese partners have a genuine stake in the ...

Kenya confirms first Ebola case imported from Congo, patient has died

NAIROBI, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Kenya has recorded its first confirmed Ebola case, a Kenyan citizen who has been living in ...

FIFA denies that DR Congo's Mpasi was ineligible to play World Cup

Football governing body FIFA has denied reports that Democratic Republic of Congo goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi was ineligible to ...

Reports: FIFA knew before World Cup that Congo goalie was ineligible in key qualifying games

Media reports claim FIFA knew before the World Cup that Congo’s goalkeeper was ineligible to play in multiple qualifying games and let him continue at the tournament ...

Congo launches geological survey in push to unlock mineral potential

KINSHASA, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo has launched a nationwide airborne geological mapping programme aimed at improving knowledge of its vast mineral reserves to reduce exploration ...