London, March 24, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A former health minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed for five years for stealing more than $400,000 of funds meant to fight the Ebola epidemic. READ ALSO: BRITAIN DEPLOYS POLICE TO ENFORCE NATIONAL LOCKDOWN AS DEATH TOLL REACHES 335 Oly Ilunga was arrested last year by the Police ...

London, Feb. 27, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Two hospitals in the rural villages of Kigulube and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been fitted with solar power to facilitate essential health services, particularly, emergency and routine surgery The installation at each of the two hospitals consists of 100 solar panels and seven batteries capable of ...

London, Feb. 15, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Four African countries-the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burundi, Ghana and Zambia have licensed an Ebola vaccine, just 90 days after World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification. RELATED: NIGERIAN GOVT OFFERS N36M REWARD FOR CORONAVIRUS, LASSA FEVER CURE Registration of the vaccine is expected in additional countries in the coming weeks. ...

London, Dec. 20, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Health officials in eastern Congo have documented the first relapse in the current Ebola epidemic, the World Health Organization said on Friday. The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has so far infected more than 3,300 people and killed more than 2,200 since the middle of last year, making it ...

London, Dec. 17, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Death of children miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC has become a subject of international litigation after some families launched an unprecedented lawsuit in the US against some of the world’s biggest tech firms who they allege have “aided and abetted and benefited enormously” from the brutal use of ...

London, Nov. 22, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The United States on Thursday unveiled a $600 million three-year aid package for the Democratic Republic of Congo to aid political transition in the wake of President Felix Tshisekedi taking office last January, US ambassador Mike Hammer said. “Through USAID and other development assistance, the US government supports President Tshisekedi’s change ...

London, Sep 21, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Health authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo said on Saturday that they plan to introduce second Ebola vaccine, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson (J&J), to counter the second-worst outbreak of the virus in history. However, it is not clear when J&J vaccine will be introduced. READ ALSO: NIGERIA FOOTBALL FEDERATION, AS ROMA FC SIGN COLLABORATIVE ...

London, Sep 20, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The European Union Commission has announced €34.275 million in humanitarian funding to help the most vulnerable people in the Great Lakes region in Africa. The aid will mainly help address urgent humanitarian needs in the Democratic Republic of Congo and provide continued support to Burundian refugees in the region. READ ALSO: ...

 London, Sep 17, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC has begun a national consultation and sensitization on the benefitd and implementation the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) The forum being held in Kinshasa on 17 and 18 September 2019 provides information to representatives of various government agencies, the private sector, civil society and academia ...

London, Sep 14, 2019 (AltAfrica)-A former minister in Democratic Republic of Congo has been arrested over alleged mismanagement of funds for the country’s response to the Ebola epidemic. Police on Saturday said that Oly Ilunga oversaw Democratic Republic of Congo’s handling of the outbreak, the second deadliest in history, for nearly a year. Oly Ilunga ...