A rapidly spreading unknown illness has killed 53 people in Congo, with preliminary investigations linking the outbreak to children who ate bat meat in January.

A mystery illness has caused 60 deaths​ in the Democratic Republic of Congo. One of the outbreaks was preliminarily linked to children who had eaten a bat carcass.

The United Nations’ World Food Programme is closing its southern African bureau that’s been leading a response to the worst ...

Unidentified illnesses in northwestern Congo have killed more than 50 people over the past five weeks, nearly half of them within hours after they felt sick ...

The human rights situation across the Democratic Republic of Congo ... to a severe food crisis and the internal displacement of 5.8 million people, more than anywhere else in Africa.