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Congo - KinshasaThe Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reached 9,552 confirmed cases as of 18 October 2026, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) daily epidemiological update. The total included 4,602 confirmed deaths and 2,550 recoveries. This is an increase of 137 confirmed cases, 66 confirmed deaths and 28 recoveries…
Congo - KinshasaConcern reported expanding community awareness, clean-water access, sanitation and infection prevention support for health facilities. Its 3 September update said awareness activities had reached more than 70,000 people. Source report date: 2026-09-03. Reviewed 28 September 2026.
Congo - KinshasaThe Democratic Republic of the Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak continued to expand into October 2026. WHO's daily epidemiological update reported 9,277 confirmed cases, 4,478 confirmed deaths and 2,486 recoveries in the country as of 15 October. The current WHO multi-country table totals 9,300 confirmed cases and 4,481 confirmed deaths, while a newer…
Congo - KinshasaWorld Central Kitchen expanded food assistance in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo through Panzi Hospital and local partners as conflict, displacement, food insecurity and disease pressures deepened. By late July, WCK reported delivering 500,000 meals to patients and staff.
Congo - KinshasaAuthorities confirmed Bundibugyo virus disease, a species of Ebola, after a high-mortality outbreak in Ituri Province. As of 15 May, 246 suspected cases and 80 deaths were reported from Rwampara, Mongbwalu and Bunia, with 24 suspected cases in isolation. Uganda also confirmed an associated outbreak.
Congo - KinshasaThe United Nations lists 11 current peacekeeping operations: MINURSO in Western Sahara; MINUSCA in the Central African Republic; MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; UNDOF in the Golan; UNFICYP in Cyprus; UNIFIL in Lebanon; UNISFA in Abyei; UNMIK in Kosovo; UNMISS in South Sudan; UNMOGIP in India and Pakistan; and UNTSO across the Middle…
Congo - KinshasaThe Democratic Republic of the Congo is the world's largest source of cobalt, a mineral used in rechargeable batteries and energy-transition technologies. The International Labour Organization documents hazardous child labour in the country's artisanal cobalt mining sector and has worked with the Congolese government and partners on monitoring,…
Congo - KinshasaIn the Democratic Republic of the Congo, more than 285,060 were affected by extensive floods, displacing 44,000 people, while killing 20 people, and destroying 44,096 houses.
Congo - KinshasaBrazzaville/Kinshasa – Ebola vaccination began today in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu Province where a case was confirmed on 8 October. People at high risk, including contacts of the confirmed case and first responders will receive the doses as the health authorities move to curb the spread of the v
Congo - KinshasaOn 8 October 2021, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced that a new laboratory-confirmed case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) had been detected in Butsili Health Area, Beni Health Zone in North Kivu Province. Earlier this year, an EVD outbreak affected North Kivu Province which was
Congo - KinshasaThe Democratic Republic of the Congo has declared an outbreak of meningitis in the north-eastern Tshopo Province where 261 suspected cases and 129 deaths—a high case fatality ratio of 50%—have been reported. Confirmatory tests carried out by the Institut Pasteur in Paris detected Neisseria meningitidis – one of the mos
Congo - KinshasaMore than 3,700 families in Kahinda and Kanunu towns, Tanganyika Province, require emergency assistance. The majority of them are formerly internally displaced persons who returned to their homes in 2020, after they had fled the towns of Nyunzu and Kolongi in Tanganyika in 2017 in the wake of community violence perpetr
Congo - KinshasaA girl gathers water at the fountain that is now working again thanks to the bypass pipe. 4 June 2021 - Goma, DR Congo. © UNICEF/UN0472915/Acland UNICEF is urgently working to restore water supply to 200,000 people – including at least 100,000 children - in the city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of th
Congo - KinshasaDebris engulfs buildings in Bushara village, near the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 23, 2021, after Mount Nyiragongo erupted. PHOTOGRAPH BY JUSTIN KATUMWA, AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES More than 20,000 people were displaced and left homeless by the 22 May eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano, 10km
Congo - KinshasaNearly 416,000 displaced persons due to the volcanic eruption Return movements of displaced populations back to the city of Goma are observed More than 56,000 displaced persons were registered on the Sake-Bweremana axis More than 600 displaced persons in Minova are at risk of being homeless SITUATION OVERVIEW The city
Congo - KinshasaKinshasa, 27 May -- Under the threat of another eruption, tens of thousands of people have been ordered to leave Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, raising fears that even more children are at risk of being separated from their families, Save the Children warned. The organisation has been working to reunite chil
Congo - KinshasaGoma, 23 May 2021 – UNICEF has reported that more than 150 children have been separated from their families and more than 170 children are feared to be missing as people fled the city of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, following Mount Nyiragongo's eruption last night. More than 5,000 people crossed the b
Congo - KinshasaIturi province, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Severely burned to the face and body, Anne is looking on what is left of the charred houses in her village. “We were hiding inside when they locked the door and set the house on fire. I fell in the fire and burned my face and my arms. I am the only one who survived,” s
Congo - KinshasaWFP is providing life-saving food to 8.7 million people in DRC. In addition, WFP needs notably to be able to continue its work in the prevention and treatment of malnutrition, which affects 3.3 million children in DRC. Malnutrition in early childhood affects children for the rest of their lives, impairing their ability to realise their full potential and…
Congo - KinshasaAO is focusing on increasing households' access to tools and seeds; providing quality livestock, which plays a key role in improving nutrition; supporting food processes and storage; and helping small farmers in the fight against animal and plant diseases. This year, FAO aims to provide life-saving livelihood assistance to 1.1 million people in areas…
Congo - KinshasaAt least 56 suspected cholera cases, including 6 deaths, were reported in the Kambove health zone, in the southern Haut-Katanga province, between 22 February and 10 March. There are no health care providers trained in cholera management in this health zone. Due to a water supply disruption in the area for several weeks, most households obtain water from…
Congo - KinshasaOn 2 March, heavy rains hit several villages in Kabambare territory, in eastern Maniema province, and destroyed about 50 houses and two schools. At least 250 victims found refuge with host families. So far, they have not received any assistance. In the eastern Tanganyika province, two people died and dozens more were reported missing after heavy rains in…
Congo - KinshasaBrazzaville – The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today announced that a new case of Ebola has been detected in Butembo, a city in North Kivu Province, where a previous outbreak was declared over in June 2020. The Butembo branch of the National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB) confirmed Ebola in samples taken from…
Congo - KinshasaFloods have affected North Kivu Province (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo) following heavy rain on 2 October. According to media reports, at least 15 people died in Sake Town (Masisi territory) after the overflow of the Mutahyo River. Dozens of people have been displaced, several houses flooded and schools and health centres damaged. More rain…
Congo - KinshasaUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has warned that millions of displaced people in need of protection and assistance, and their host communities, are feeling the pinch of massive underfunding, as the COVID-19 crisis continues to increase humanitarian needs globally. The agency has so far received just 49 per cent (US$4.5 billion) of the $9.1 billion required…