A rapidly spreading unknown illness has killed 53 people in Congo, with preliminary investigations linking the outbreak to children who ate bat meat in January.

The human rights situation across the Democratic Republic of Congo remains dire, with internal conflicts and poor governance contributing to a severe food crisis and the internal displacement of 5 ...

A mystery illness has caused over 50 deaths​ in the Democratic Republic of Congo. One of the outbreaks was preliminarily linked to children who had eaten a bat carcass.

The WHO warns that the overlap of a second outbreak in the village of Bomate, starting February 9, has intensified the crisis ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the worst conflict-affected countries to be a child. Today, the number of people in the DRC facing extreme hunger is among the highest in the world.

Congo, which is rich in cobalt, lithium and uranium, has been fighting Rwanda-backed M23 rebels that seized swathes of its ...