Congo calls for more help against Ebola
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Congo's health minister called for more help Wednesday in combating an outbreak of the Ebola virus, which has killed at least five people in the first major outbreak here in 12 years.
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Aid agencies are appealing for funds to help the victims of recent floods in a swathe of African countries.
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The threat of renewed war in the eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo increased yesterday amid unconfirmed reports by diplomats and a claim by a Congolese minister that
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Villagers don't kiss anymore in a corner of Democratic Republic of Congo hit by the deadly and highly contagious Ebola virus.
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President Bush expressed concern on Friday about renewed fighting in Congo where the government has struggled with little success to establish authority over lawless eastern regions of the African nation.
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The World Health Organization said on  Saturday it was investigating &quot;an outbreak of an unknown  illness with a high mortality rate&quot; in the Democratic Republic  of the Congo.
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European foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday must increase diplomatic pressure for a ceasefire in Chad to prevent a major humanitarian crisis, British charity Oxfam said.
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UN chief Ban Ki-Moon and the Security Council called for a probe of last week's deadly violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Bas Congo province and pledged continued UN support to the central African country.
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The African Union needs increased United Nations support if it is to continue its peacekeeping operation in Darfur, European Commission aid chief Louis Michel said on Monday.
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More than 100 people have died in a remote part of Congo, including all those who attended the funerals of two village chiefs, in what health officials fear is an outbreak of hemorrhagic fever.
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Health workers launched an emergency operation on Wednesday to fight an outbreak of deadly Ebola hemorrhagic fever in southern Congo, airlifting supplies, setting up isolation tents and disinfecting contaminated areas.
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At least five people die from an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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War, disease and malnutrition are killing 45,000 Congolese every month in a conflict-driven humanitarian crisis that has claimed 5.4 million victims in nearly a decade, a survey released on Tuesday said.
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Eight more cases of Ebola have been identified in Congo, raising to 17 the number of people confirmed to have contracted the deadly illness, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
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Some 45,000 people die each month in Congo as the world's deadliest humanitarian crisis has failed to improve despite five years of relative peace in the Central African nation, according to a report released Tuesday.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 22  - Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt sought to calm a row with the Democratic Republic of Congo Friday, voicing encouragement for the ex-colony&#39;s political transition in a call to President Joseph Kabila.
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Eight more cases of Ebola have been identified in Congo, raising to 17 the number of people confirmed to have contracted the deadly illness, the World Health Organization said Tuesday