TEHRAN, May 20 -Health workers in Democratic Republic of Congo will begin a vaccination campaign on Monday aimed at containing an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, a spokeswoman for the health ministry said on Sunday.
TEHRAN, May 13 - Emergency teams of specialists from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and United Nations agencies have been deployed to the African country to tackle the spread of a new wave of Ebola epidemic.
TEHRAN, April 27 -Forty civilians have drowned after their boats overturned on a storm-swollen river while they were fleeing fighting in the northwest Democratic Republic of the Congo.
TEHRAN, March 25 - Congo’s military said on Saturday it had killed 13 militiamen during clashes with an unidentified group after coming under attack in the country’s volatile northeastern Ituri province.
TEHRAN, March 19 - The United Nations on Monday condemned Congolese security forces for killing at least 47 people, including women and children, in "unlawful and unjustified" crackdowns on protests during 2017 and early this year.
TEHRAN, March 9 - More than two million children suffer from severe malnutrition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They are at risk of dying if they do not get the needed assistance. That is what the United Nations has warned.
TEHRAN, March 9 - A humanitarian crisis in central Democratic Republic of Congo is easing, Prime Minister Bruno Tshibala told Reuters on Thursday, after confirming an election to replace President Joseph Kabila remains on course for late December.
TEHRAN, March 8 - Rwandan official said more than 2,500 Burundian refugees in Congo are seeking shelter in Rwanda amid fears they could be forcibly repatriated back home by Congolese authorities.
TEHRAN, January 1 - UN chief Antonio Guterres urged Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila to abide by an agreement to leave power, after at least eight people died in protests against his rule.
TEHRAN, October 29 -Hundreds of thousands of children in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will starve to death in the next few months without emergency food aid, a UN official has said.
TEHRAN, September 1 - Half a million people in the Republic of Congo have been displaced following violence in Tanganyika Province, southeastern Congo.
TEHRAN, May 17, YJC - More than 500 people have been killed during heavy fighting between government forces and tribal militia in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the past two months, the army said.