Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
Nine people have died in an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Health Minister Felix Kabangue said on Saturday.
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Congo’s "Papa Machete" sculpts life out of death
KINSHASA (Reuters) – It takes a moment to realise that the sculpture, depicting the curve of a pregnant female form, is constructed from tens of thousands of used bullet casings. Freddy Tsimba fashions his works from the objects that mean the most to him – often those found lying around in his home country of Democratic Republic of Congo. Given Congo’s past – brutal colonisation, dictatorship and successive conflicts which killed millions – the 44-year-old artist has found no shortage either of materials or inspiration. …
Malaria infections surge in Congo: MSF
DAKAR (Reuters) – Malaria cases treated by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) more than tripled to 155,000 last year from two years previous, the aid agency said on Tuesday. The increase shows an upsurge in the prevalence of the deadly mosquito-borne parasitic disease, but it was still unclear what was behind the increase in the number, MSF said ahead of world malaria day on Wednesday. “It’s very difficult to give a scientific answer … …