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MENAFN

(MENAFN) China has issued a formal travel warning urging its citizens to avoid non-essential trips to the Democratic Republic of Congo following a rapidly escalating Ebola outbreak that has left a trail of suspected deaths across the Central...

DVIDS - Georgia

The Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center bid farewell to the 7240th Medical Support Unit and welcomed the 7210th MSU in a ceremony June 12. The mission of the 7210th is to support CRDAMC in operating the Fort Hood Deployment Readiness Center,...

MENAFN

(MENAFN) A coalition of Western governments and the European Union urgently appealed Friday for warring factions in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to stand down and allow emergency responders to combat a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak...

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Rwanda moved decisively on Friday to strengthen border protections against the spreading Ebola outbreak in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), imposing sweeping new entry restrictions for travelers arriving from the...

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Three Red Cross volunteers have died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) confirmed Saturday — marking the first recorded fatalities of...

International Committee of the Red Cross

Kinshasa/Nairobi/Geneva, 5 June 2026 – The DRC Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are deeply shocked by the attack on Red Cross volunteers...

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Jordan has imposed an immediate temporary travel ban blocking entry to nationals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda, as the deadly Ebola virus continues its dangerous spread across both nations, authorities announced...

Oxfam

Reacting to the World Health Organization’s declaration of the Ebola outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) — with over 400 suspected cases and 89 deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo — Dr. Manenji Mangudu,...

Oxfam

Reacting to the World Health Organization’s declaration of the Ebola outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) — with over 400 suspected cases and 89 deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo — Dr. Manenji Mangudu,...

MENAFN

(MENAFN) The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Wednesday that coordinated international efforts are beginning to turn the tide against the active Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), even as significant hurdles...

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Cholera killed far more people worldwide in 2025 even as reported infections declined, with deaths climbing 30% to their "highest annual level" in more than two decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Ebola transmission is beginning to slow in some of the areas most affected by the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, according to the World Health Organization, although the wider epidemic continues to expand....

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Cholera-related deaths worldwide climbed sharply in 2025 despite a reduction in reported infections, reaching their highest annual level in more than two decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) According to reports, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has called on governments and international partners to strengthen cross-border coordination in response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of...

GlobeNewswire, Inc.

GUELPH, ON, May 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A Canadian pilot with Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) Canada has successfully executed a critical evacuation flight from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The vital mission comes...

MENAFN

(MENAFN) The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo announced on Tuesday that it had killed a senior figure in the M23 rebel group during operations in the eastern part of the country.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) At least 131 suspected fatalities and 513 probable infections have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's latest Ebola outbreak, DRC Health Minister Roger Kamba disclosed Tuesday during a special briefing in Kinshasa...

GlobeNewswire, Inc.

NBA Africa and Quest Water Global unveiled a new basketball court in Cercle Onatra, Kinshasa, on Sept. 29 as part of multiyear collaboration to build or renovate 55 courts across the Democratic Republic of the Congo in honor of Dikembe Mutombo....

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Close to 600 suspected Ebola infections and no fewer than 139 suspected fatalities have been recorded in the latest outbreak sweeping eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) disclosed Wednesday, as...

MENAFN

(MENAFN) The Democratic Republic of Congo and the AFC/M23 rebel faction have finalized monitoring terms for their fragile truce following diplomatic negotiations in Doha, according to an announcement from the Qatari Foreign Ministry.