In a report published on Monday, the World Health Organisation said that mpox cases in the South Kivu region of the DRC seem ...

Mpox, a viral infection that was previously known as monkeypox, is spread primarily through close contact with an infected ...

Congo reported fewer than 100 mpox cases last week, down from nearly 400 in July but infections have risen in Burundi and ...

Some health officials say mpox cases in Congo appear to be “stabilizing.” It's a possible sign that the epidemic for which ...

The World Health Organization reports that mpox cases are plateauing in Congo's South Kivu region, despite rising numbers in the rest of the country, Burundi, and Uganda. With fewer than 100 confirmed ...

Illegal gold mining has marred the town of Kitutu in South Kivu province, polluting rivers and destroying fields - Copyright ...

The South African contingent of the three nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission to the Democratic ...

rapes, torture cases, forced displacements, and illegal recruitment of child soldiers since 1 July 2002, when the Rome Statute came into force. The investigations initially focused on provinces of ...

Chinese companies partner local cooperatives to circumvent the ban on artisanal mining by foreign firms. After the South Kivu governor suspended illegal mining activity in the province, 540 local ...

Congolese radio journalist Yoshua Kambere Machozi was arrested by members of the rebel group M23 (23 March Movement) on 29 ...

Since the current outbreak of mpox clade I began in eastern DR Congo in 2023, there has been a rapid increase in cases, primarily in DR Congo, and spread of the monkeypox virus to other countries in ...

He says mining has spoilt the town which lies in South Kivu province, polluting rivers and destroying fields. Hundreds of foreign companies, most of them Chinese-owned, mine gold in the mineral ...