HISTORICAL FACTS: North kivu - Caught on Camera

Ebola creates new hot spots in Congo as responders describe ‘chaotic’ response

The Ebola outbreak in Congo is spreading rapidly to new hot spots where patients have little or no support

The Independent UK · Oct 7

France earmarks a further €7m to help fight DRC's worst-ever Ebola crisis

France has decided to allocate an additional €7 million this year to combat the Ebola epidemic currently ravaging the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This comes as Kenya announced its first-ever death from the disease.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 6

Ebola outbreak slows in parts of DR Congo but crisis remains severe

Ebola infections are slowing in parts of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo four months into the outbreak, but cases are climbing fast in North Kivu and the World Health Organization (WHO) says it is too early to declare that the epidemic has peaked.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 16

Ebola Outbreak Grows to 1,963 Cases as U.S. Renews Travel Restrictions and American Aid Worker Is Evacuated

The DRC Ebola outbreak has reached 1,963 cases and 719 deaths. A second U.S. citizen has been evacuated. Here's what American travelers need to know.

Medical Daily · Jul 15

Fastest growing Ebola outbreak ever: how conflict, aid cuts and misinformation fuel a deadly threat

The rapid spread of the virus has been intensified by misinformation and violence towards volunteers and treatment centres

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10

Rebel attacks in eastern DRC kill 30 people and hamper Ebola response

Islamic State-linked militia blamed for raids in North Kivu as governor says three patients with disease fled clinics

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4

Waiting for the all-clear: how medics and villagers rallied when Ebola returned to DRC

If no new cases are reported in Bulape by early December, the country will have vanquished its 16th outbreak of the deadly virus since it was discovered there in 1976

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2025

DR Congo Survivors Of IS-linked Massacre Say Army, Govt Let Them Down

Residents of Ntoyo, a village in DR Congo's perennially volatile east, were preparing for a funeral on Monday when a column of armed men emerged from the forest and slaughtered 71 people, burning some of them alive.

International Business Times · Sep 11, 2025

IS group-linked militants slaughter 60 people in eastern DR Congo

A local official says the Allied Democratic Force (ADF) targeted residents attending a burial in the country's North Kivu province.

Euronews · Sep 9, 2025

Sexual violence surged amid war in DRC’s North Kivu last year: UN

A total of 22,000 cases registered in province in 2023; in first five months of 2024, figure had already reached 17,000.

Al Jazeera · Aug 14, 2025