The deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo is fast spreading to other parts of the country with new cases recorded in the northwest city of Mbandaka for the first time.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is to receive 4,000 doses of Ebola vaccine secured by the World Health Organisation as the global body prepares to deploy them.
The World Health Organization has announced it is planning to send Ebola vaccines to the town of Bikoro in north-western Democratic Republic of Congo where new cases of the deadly virus have been recorded.
Two major powers in West Africa, Ghana and Nigeria have announced health measures to prevent the spread of Ebola from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been hit by new Ebola outbreak with officials on Tuesday saying that two new cases were detected in the country's north-west region.
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged the Democratic Republic of Congo's government to lift a ban on demonstrations that threatens to scupper chances for credible elections.
The United Nations experts investigating the murder of two of the global body's investigators in the Democratic Republic of Congo last year have accused Congolese security officials of interfering with the investigation into the killings.
A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday sentenced a warlord to 20 years in prison after finding him guilty of "sexual slavery" a decade ago, an aid group said.
Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers.
The apartments have been constructed to...
Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered.
The significant number of recoveries means the country now...
Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million.
Moyo is accused of illegally...
