The first cases occurred after children ate bats. Now hundreds of people in two villages are sick and more than 50 are dead.
The outbreak began after three children ate a bat and died after suffering haemorrhagic fever symptoms. The WHO has ruled out Ebola.
I’m heartbroken by the violence that erupted in the vibrant city where I treated patients only last year.
“We have days of mass burials ahead of us”,the Red Cross warns,but the land available to hold the dead is limited.
Sundance Resources was accused of bribing government officials in the Republic of Congo to progress an iron ore venture that was set to be one of the biggest projects in Africa.
Easy to smuggle and sell virtually anywhere,gold continues to fund armed conflict in Africa and child labour in Australia’s region.
The French language is now spoken by more people outside France than within. It’s no wonder it’s beginning to sound more like TikTok.
Heavy rains have brought flash floods and landslides to thousands in East Africa.
Francis plunged headfirst into his agenda,denouncing the exploitation of Africa by colonial powers,today’s multinational mining industries and neighbour’s interference in Congolese affairs.
The devastation generally caused by farmers lighting fires to clear land in drier months is more widespread than the blazes that set off global outrage in 2019.