DRC’s constitutional battle: The fight over the 2028 vote
President Tshisekedi’s reform push is fuelling a battle over DRC’s 2028 succession.
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President Tshisekedi’s reform push is fuelling a battle over DRC’s 2028 succession.
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Epidemic remains out of control amid DR Congo conflict, funding shortages and attacks on health workers and facilities
WHO says vaccines for Ebola virus disease being allocated to DRC amid largest outbreak that has killed nearly 2,500.
Conflict, delayed detection, and mistrust are complicating efforts to contain the virus in eastern DR Congo.
Officials warn they are continuing to identify new chains of transmission that need to be broken to stop the spread.

The World Health Organization says the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo can be brought under control in three months.
A top UN official says ‘speed, scale, and solidarity’ needed ‘before this virus gets even further ahead of us’.

Virus spreading in DRC faster than containment efforts.
Ebola outbreak has killed 2,128 people out of around 4,566 recorded cases in the DRC, according to government figures.
Outbreak to eclipse West Africa’s Ebola outbreak of 2014 to 2016 if it continues at current pace, WHO chief says.

DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak is spreading rapidly, with the death toll surpassing 2,000.