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Bukavu school fire kills 24 children and destroys 300 homes in rebel-held Congo
At least 24 children, including 19 girls and five boys, have died in a fire that destroyed two schools and around 300 wooden homes in Bukavu, the eastern Congolese city controlled by the Rwanda-backed AFC/M23 movement.
DR Congo faces historic Ebola emergency as Bundibugyo outbreak accelerates
DR Congo’s Ebola death toll passes 2,300 as the record Bundibugyo outbreak spreads across six provinces and overwhelms response teams.
Congo Ebola outbreak reaches 1,502 cases as death toll rises to 473
Congo’s Ebola cases are rising faster than treatments are arriving. A new clinical trial offers hope, but 473 deaths show the urgency.