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UNICEF staff and airport workers receive an aircraft carrying medical supplies as authorities and aid agencies intensified efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain at the Bunia National Airport in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 19, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Ebola deaths in eastern Congo rise to 131, WHO voices deep concern

The new deaths brought to 131 the fatalities associated with the outbreak in eastern DRC

Thermometers are pictured at the entrance of an Ebola Treatment Centre in the Eastern Congolese town of Butembo in the Democratic Republic of Congo, October 4, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

The Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus: What do we know?

A man is carried from an ambulance as he arrives at Bunia General Referral Hospital following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 16, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. Photo: REUTERS/Victoire Mukenge

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda an emergency of international concern

Thermometers are pictured at the entrance of an Ebola Treatment Centre in the Eastern Congolese town of Butembo in the Democratic Republic of Congo, October 4, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

Congo confirms new Ebola outbreak, 80 deaths

More than 200 people were killed this week in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Lumumba Kambere Muyisa, spokesperson for the rebel-appointed governor of the province where the mine is located, told Reuters on Friday. Screengrab: Reuters

More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in east Congo: Official

An artisanal miner carries raw ore at Tilwizembe, a former industrial copper-cobalt mine, outside of Kolwezi, the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 11, 2016. Picture taken June 11, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Kenny Katombe

Congo halts artisanal copper and cobalt processing amid corruption crackdown

Members of the M23 rebel group stand guard as people attend a rally addressed by Corneille Nangaa, Congolese rebel leader and coordinator of the AFC-M23 movement, in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo February 27, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Victoire Mukenge/File Photo

Congo rebels enter strategic town as peace deal crumbles

Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi's high representative Sumbu Sita Mambu and head of the M23 rebel group delegation Benjamin Mbonimpa take part in a ceremony to sign a framework agreement for a peace deal aimed at ending fighting in eastern Congo, in Doha, Qatar, 15 November 2025. Photo: REUTERS

Congo, M23 sign framework for peace in Qatar, more steps needed

A worker sorts dried coffee beans for packaging into bags at a factory, after the resurgence of the M23 rebel group forced many farmers to flee their land, leaving crops unharvested and livelihoods in tatters, in the outskirts of Bukavu, South Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, August 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Victoire Mukenge

Congo coffee farmers fear war will undo recent gains

Members of the M23 rebel group ride on a pickup truck as they leave their position for patrols amid conflict between them and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, January 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Congo army and rebels trade blame over clashes, troop buildup

US President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance meet Democratic Republic of the Congo's Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner and Rwanda's Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington DC, June 27, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

Rwanda, Congo agree on outline for economic framework as part of peace deal

Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi's high representative Sumbu Sita Mambu, Qatar's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi and Benjamin Mbonimpa, who heads the M23 delegation to Doha attend a signing ceremony of a declaration of principles to end fighting in eastern Congo between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23 rebel group, in Doha, Qatar, July 19, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Imad Creidi

Congo, M23 rebels pledge in Qatar to reach peace deal next month

Members of the M23 rebel group ride on a pickup truck as they leave their position for patrols amid conflict between them and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, January 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Congo, M23 rebels to sign declaration of principles to end fighting