DR Congo joins countries pledging embassy move to Jerusalem
DR Congo has renewed its pledge to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
![Pupils attend classes in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as the country begins a new school year amid an Ebola outbreak [Prosper Heri/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Pupils-in-Goma-1-1788194570.png?resize=270%2C175&quality=80)
![FILE PHOTO: Members of the Civil Protection team, which works to help mitigate the spread of the Ebola virus, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), disinfect after handling the body of an unidentified man, who according to his family, died of Ebola, in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 10, 2026. [Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/Reuters/File Photo]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/image-1787884401.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Ceasefire monitoring mission arrives in Democratic Republic of Congo
Fighting persists in the mineral-rich region despite ceasefire agreements.
From: NewsFeed
Nearly one in two Ebola patients dying in DR Congo outbreak
Almost one in two people infected with Ebola are dying, Democratic Republic of the Congo government figures show.
Published On 24 Aug 2026
Ebola cases in DRC hit 5,515 as Pope Leo urges global action to save lives
Case fatality rate climbs to nearly 48 percent in DRC, meaning almost one in two people infected with Ebola are dying.
From: NewsFeed
DR Congo miners risk Ebola to make a living
DR Congo miners risk Ebola to make a living
Published On 23 Aug 2026
How the deadliest Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak can be stopped
The priorities are clear: reach every affected area, protect frontline workers, and turn commitments into action.
![Health workers stand in a new Ebola treatment center during a visit of Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), in Bunia, in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. [May 31: AFP]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/afp_6a874510dda1-1787249936.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
DR Congo, M23 rebels agree on roadmap for peace talks
Roadmap sets out steps, timelines for talks to end fighting that has killed thousands and displaced millions.
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Ebola continues to spread in the DRC as 16,000 vaccine doses arrive
Health authorities are warning that ‘approximately one person has been dying from Ebola every thirty minutes’.
Published On 22 Aug 2026
More than 16,000 doses of Ervebo vaccine arrive in Ebola-hit DR Congo
The doses are the first of 70,000 allocated for Kinshasa as experts warn of the virus’s exponential spread.
Ebola outbreak ‘growing faster, wider’ as DRC death toll passes 2,500: UN
Epidemic remains out of control amid DR Congo conflict, funding shortages and attacks on health workers and facilities
DR Congo to receive 70,000 doses of Ervebo vaccine as Ebola infections surge
WHO says vaccines for Ebola virus disease being allocated to DRC amid largest outbreak that has killed nearly 2,500.
