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June 1, 2026 10:11 AM
Four nurses who were being treated for Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus have been discharged from a hospital in Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo after recovering from the disease, the World Health Organization said on Sunda...
May 29, 2026 4:41 PM
The World Health Organization said on Friday that there are 906 suspected cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including 223 suspected deaths that are being investigated. An outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola is continuing in ...
May 27, 2026 10:48 AM
Russia has announced that its scientists have developed a vaccine against a new strain of the Ebola virus linked to the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Russian Embassy in South Africa, in a post on social media platfo...
November 14, 2025 10:03 AM
Almost 14 million people in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan risk severe hunger due to cuts in global humanitarian aid, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Wednesday. The WFP's bigg...
November 7, 2025 6:49 PM
The U.N. World Food Programme warned on Friday it may have to pause food aid to help millions of malnourished people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by February due to a major funding crisis. "We're at historically low levels of funding. We'...
October 14, 2025 4:25 PM
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday called for Enhanced Consultation, Cooperation, Coordination and Capacity Building — the '4C formula' — as a guiding principle for United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations. Speaking at the inaugural se...
October 6, 2025 3:59 PM
UNESCO will choose its next chief on Monday to lead the organisation after President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from it for a second time. While outgoing chief Audrey Azoulay has worked to diversify funding sources, the U.N. culture and...
August 8, 2024 12:08 PM
The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday an emergency committee will be convened to discuss whether the current mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo represents a public health emergency of international concern. The c...
June 25, 2024 5:20 PM
The spread of mpox in Africa needs to be addressed urgently, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, as scientists warned separately of the dangers of a new strain spreading in a hard-to-reach part of Democratic Republic of Congo. "There is a...
June 25, 2024 3:44 PM
Setting aside an additional 1.2% of the world's land as nature preserves would prevent the majority of predicted plant and animal extinctions and cost about $263 billion, according to a study published on Tuesday. The world is racing to meet a goal ...
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