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Central Africa

U.N. creates new Ebola chief role to tackle security, political issues in Congo

Mwamini Kahindo, an Ebola survivor working as a caregiver to babies who are confirmed Ebola cases, holds an infant outside the red zone at the Ebola treatment centre in Butembo, Democratic Republic of Congo, March 25, 2019. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Mwamini Kahindo, an Ebola survivor working as a caregiver to babies who are confirmed Ebola cases, holds an infant outside the red zone at the Ebola treatment centre in Butembo, Democratic Republic of Congo, March 25, 2019. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Baz Ratner
By Stephanie Nebehay
24/05/2019

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations named an Emergency Ebola Response Coordinator on Thursday, a new position to boost efforts to contain a 10-month epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has killed 1,241 people and is spreading.

Congo wants more use of Merck vaccine rather than J&J newcomer: minister

Health workers dressed in protective suits carry a Congolese woman confirmed to have Ebola as she is admitted to the Ebola treatment centre in Butembo, Democratic Republic of Congo, March 28, 2019. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Health workers dressed in protective suits carry a Congolese woman confirmed to have Ebola as she is admitted to the Ebola treatment centre in Butembo, Democratic Republic of Congo, March 28, 2019. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Baz Ratner
By Tom Miles
22/05/2019

GENEVA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo called on Wednesday for Merck's experimental Ebola vaccine to be fully licensed to facilitate its use in the Ebola-hit country, while saying Johnson & Johnson's rival drug would complicate matters.

Schoolgirls used as human shields in Congo due to 'magical powers' - charities

A girl carries a container of water at a coltan mine in Kamatare, Masisi territory, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo, December 1, 2018. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A girl carries a container of water at a coltan mine in Kamatare, Masisi territory, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo, December 1, 2018. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
By Nita Bhalla
20/05/2019

NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Schoolgirls in the Democratic Republic of Congo were raped, forced into marriage and used as human shields by militias who believed they had "magical powers" during violence over a year ago, an investigation by a group of charities said on Monday.

Political games hinder efforts to end Ebola outbreak in Congo: WHO

Mike Ryan, emergencies chief at the World Health Organization (WHO), attends a news conference on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo at the U.N. headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, May 3, 2019. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Mike Ryan, emergencies chief at the World Health Organization (WHO), attends a news conference on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo at the U.N. headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, May 3, 2019. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
By Tom Miles
13/05/2019

GENEVA (Reuters) - Attempts to end the second worst Ebola outbreak on record are being hampered by "political games" and distrust of outsiders in two towns in Democratic Republic of Congo, a senior World Health Organization official said on Monday.

WHO experts recommend ramping up Ebola vaccine after Congo cases surge

A health worker measures the temperature of a man entering the ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) Ebola treatment centre in Beni, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, April 1, 2019. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Baz Ratner
A health worker measures the temperature of a man entering the ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) Ebola treatment centre in Beni, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, April 1, 2019. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Baz Ratner
08/05/2019

GENEVA (Reuters) - World Health Organization experts recommended on Tuesday a dramatic expansion of vaccination against Ebola in Congo after a surge in cases showed that the strategy of vaccinating those known to be exposed to the disease was no longer sufficient.

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