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Vietnam, Indonesia call for int’l support for Great Lakes Region

Vietnam and Indonesia have emphasised the need to give priority to promoting intra-regional cooperation in the Great Lakes Region in Africa on the basis of peace and stability goals, 

DR Congo Ebola outbreak: WHO in emergency talks as cases spread

 The World Health Organization (WHO) is to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the risk of Ebola spreading from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

More than 1,000 suspect cases of yellow fever in DR Congo: WHO

 The Democratic Republic of the Congo has reported 1,044 suspected cases of yellow fever since March, including 71 deaths, up from three probable cases and 57 laboratory-confirmed a week ago,

DR Congo: Many dead after ferry sinks on Lake Tanganyika

 At least 129 bodies have been recovered from Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of Congo, after a ferry capsized on Friday.

Ebola outbreak confirmed by DR Congo

 The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed that an outbreak of haemorrhagic fever in the north of the country has been identified as Ebola.