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A health worker at an Ebola quarantine unit on June 13th, 2017, in Muma, after a case of Ebola was confirmed in the village.

Social Justice

Why the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Could Continue to Spread

Ongoing civil conflict and the resulting displacement of local people is creating an ideal environment for the devastating disease.

Steven Hatch

A general view taken on November 5th, 2013, shows forest in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo North Kivu region.

Economics

Black Market Timber Continues to Find Its Way From Africa to the E.U.

A new report accuses European companies of importing illegally harvested wood from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ashoka Mukpo

An Ebola patient is lifted up by two medical workers after being admitted into a Biosecure Emergency Care Unit (CUBE) on August 15th, 2018, in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Spreads to Another City

As of this week, the World Health Organization has recorded 127 confirmed cases and 87 confirmed or probable deaths in the DRC due to the virus.

Emily Moon

A group of Congolese look at a corpse of a suspected Ebola case being picked up, on the side of the road linking Beni to Mangina, on August 23rd, 2018, in Beni, in the North Kivu province.

An Ebola Crisis Intensifies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (in Photos)

A new outbreak of the deadly virus has killed dozens in one of the world's poorest countries.

Jack Herrera

People carry a cross for a grave on August 23rd, 2018, in Mangina, North Kivu province, DRC.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: An Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

People carry a cross for a grave on August 23rd, 2018, in Mangina, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Pacific Standard Staff

News in Brief

An Ebola Crisis Intensifies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as Health-Care Workers Are Infected

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing an alarming Ebola outbreak, with 10 health-care workers now reported to be infected by the highly contagious virus.

Jack Herrera

A nurse working with the World Health Organization shows a bottle containing Ebola vaccine at the town hall of Mbandaka on May 21st, 2018, during the launch of the Ebola vaccination campaign. The death toll in an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo rose to 26 on May 21st, 2018, after a person died in the northwest city of Mbandaka, as the government began vaccinating first responders against the dreaded disease.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: An Ebola Vaccination Campaign Kicks Off in the Democratic Republic of Congo

A nurse working with the World Health Organization shows a bottle containing Ebola vaccine at the town hall of Mbandaka on May 21st, 2018, during the launch of the Ebola vaccination campaign.

Pacific Standard Staff

Refugees from Tchomia in the Democratic Republic of Congo arrive on boat at the Nsonga landing site on April 9th, 2018, in Nsonga, Uganda.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Congolese Refugees Cross Lake Albert Seeking Safety In Uganda

Refugees from Tchomia in the Democratic Republic of Congo arrive on boat at the Nsonga landing site on April 9th, 2018, in Nsonga, Uganda.

Pacific Standard Staff

Ms. L's case is just the latest rights concern to emerge from what critics contend is an unprecedented level of hostility coming from the White House toward immigrants.

Social Justice

The Trump Administration Is Reportedly Separating Hundreds of Immigrant Children From Their Parents

A lawsuit filed Monday aims to reunite a Congolese mother and her daughter, ripped apart at separate detention facilities as part of an apparent plan to discourage new asylum seekers.

Massoud Hayoun