Experts say several crises combine to make this Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, the scene of many such outbreaks over the years, especially difficult to contain.

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By Erikas Mwisi and Emma Farge BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 22 (Reuters) - The eastern Democratic Republic ⁠of ⁠Congo province most affected by the country's Ebola outbreak banned ⁠funeral wakes on Friday,

With 246 suspected cases, the latest Ebola outbreak comes around five months after Congo’s last one was declared over after 43 deaths.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a public health emergency of international concern. The agency said the outbreak in DR Congo's eastern Ituri province,

The World Health Organization declared the Ebola disease outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday.

Extremist rebels in eastern Congo's Ituri province killed at least 18 people in several villages, according to a human rights group. Fighters with the Allied Democratic Forces attacked people in the Irumu territory villages of Mutuyeyi, Bekembele and ...

India, May 10 -- The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has worsened in the last few weeks as violence between militia groups associated with the Hema and Lendu ethnic groups has intensified.

The virus circulated undetected for weeks. Heavy population movement in the area could make it spread farther.