Democratic Republic of the Congo
Residents leave Goma, Congo, by boat on Lake Kivu Thursday, May 27, 2021, five days after Mount Nyiragongo erupted. Evacuation orders were given for most of the town, fearing further eruptions and tremors. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
Thousands evacuate Congo's Goma amid renewed volcano threat

By Justin Kabumba Katumwa And Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro May. 27, 2021 01:04 PM EDT

Lava from the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo cuts through Buhene north of Goma, Congo Monday, May 24, 2021. Residents returned to destroyed homes and searched for missing loved ones on the outskirts of Goma as officials called for vigilance amid small tremors after the large volcano erupted Saturday May 22, 2021 .  Mount Nyiragongo sent torrents of lava into villages after dark with little warning, leaving at least 15 people dead amid the chaos and destroying more than 500 homes. (AP Photo/Justin Kabumba)
Death toll from Congo volcano eruption rises to at least 32

By Jean-Yves Kamale May. 24, 2021 11:30 AM EDT

Congo declares end to latest Ebola outbreak in nation's east

By Jean-Yves Kamale May. 03, 2021 12:40 PM EDT
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo has declared an end to the latest Ebola outbreak that killed six people in its east. Congo’s Minister of...

UN warns over 27 million Congolese suffer from acute hunger

By Edith M. Lederer Apr. 06, 2021 04:09 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Two U.N. agencies warned Tuesday that over 27 million people in Congo are suffering from acute hunger, a record high representing almost...

FILE - In this July 13, 2019 file photo, health workers wearing protective suits tend to an Ebola victim kept in an isolation cube in Beni, Congo. According to a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, an African man who developed Ebola despite receiving a vaccine recovered, but he suffered a relapse nearly six months later that led to 91 new cases before he died. The report adds to evidence that the deadly virus can lurk in the body long after symptoms end, and that survivors need monitoring for their own welfare and to prevent spread. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
Man's Ebola relapse spawned dozens of new cases in Africa

By Marilynn Marchione Mar. 31, 2021 05:01 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, file photo, first lady Jill Biden speaks during a visit to the Massey Cancer Center at Virginia Commonwealth University for a discussion about cancer disparities, in Richmond, Va. Biden says nearly two dozen women the State Department is honoring, Monday, March 8, 2021, for their courage, made an “intentional decision” to persist and demand justice despite their fear. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
Jill Biden helps honor women from 15 countries for courage

By Darlene Superville Mar. 08, 2021 06:00 AM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2021, file photo, a police officer takes pictures of a burned-out coronavirus testing facility in the fishing village of Urk in the Netherlands after it was set on fire the night before by rioting youths protesting on the first night of a nationwide curfew. A new report by the Geneva-based Insecurity Insight and the University of California, Berkeley’s Human Rights Center identified hundreds of attacks linked to fear or frustration around the coronavirus against health care workers and facilities in the past year. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
COVID-19 pandemic fuels attacks on health workers globally

By Helen Wieffering And Joshua Housing Mar. 02, 2021 12:47 AM EST

Boat capsizes between Uganda and Congo, killing more than 30

By Jean-Yves Kamale Dec. 24, 2020 08:23 AM EST
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — More than 30 people have died in an overnight capsizing on Lake Albert while trying to return to Congo from Uganda, according to a civil...

In this image made from UNTV video, Felix Tshisekedi, President of Congo, speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the U.N. General Assembly's special session to discuss the response to COVID-19 and the best path to recovery from the pandemic, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, at UN headquarters in New York. (UNTV via AP)
UN envoy warns new Congo crisis could impact its security

By Edith M. Lederer Dec. 07, 2020 07:37 PM EST

Congo announces end to its 11th deadly Ebola outbreak

By Jean-Yves Kamale And Carley Petesch Nov. 18, 2020 05:20 AM EST
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo has declared an end to its 11th Ebola outbreak, this one in western Equateur province, nearly six months after cases were reported...

FILE - in this Monday, Oct. 29, 2018 file photo, Nobel Peace Prize 2018 winner Doctor Denis Mukwege of Congo arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, to meet France's President Emmanuel Macron. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege has stepped down Wednesday, June 10, 2020 from a COVID-19 task force in eastern Congo, saying his hospital needs to focus on treating coronavirus patients because testing delays and other problems have allowed the crisis to deepen. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
UN protection back for threatened Nobel-winning Congo doctor

By Cara Anna Sep. 09, 2020 08:53 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 22, 1960 file photo, an unidentified Congolese citizen removes a portrait of Belgium's King Baudouin, at the N'Djili Airport in Leopoldville, the capital before it was later renamed in 1966 to Kinshasa, in Congo. On Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Congo is marking the 60th anniversary of achieving independence from the colonial rule of Belgium. (AP Photo, File)
Congo marks 60th anniversary of independence from Belgium

By Jean-Yves Kamale Jun. 30, 2020 09:37 AM EDT

Belgium's Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes prepares to unveil a plaque during celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of Congo's independence from Belgium in the Brussels district of Matonge, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (Francisco Seco)
Belgium takes down statue, king regrets colonial violence

By Samuel Petrequin Jun. 30, 2020 02:13 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 28 2014 file photo shot by AP contributing photographer John Bompengo, children stand next to the goods they sell in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Relatives say longtime Associated Press contributor John Bompengo has died of COVID-19 in Congo's capital. Bompengo, who had covered his country's political turmoil over the course of 16 years, died Saturday, June 20, 2020 at a Kinshasa hospital. (AP Photo/John Bompengo, file)
Veteran AP video, photo-journalist in Congo dies of COVID-19

By Krista Larson Jun. 21, 2020 12:31 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2018 file photo, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege speaks to the media during a news conference in Oslo, Norway. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege has stepped down Wednesday, June 10, 2020 from a COVID-19 task force in eastern Congo, saying his hospital needs to focus on treating coronavirus patients because testing delays and other problems have allowed the crisis to deepen. (Lise Aserud/NTB Scanpix via AP, File)
Congo doctor quits COVID-19 task force, notes testing delays

By Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro And Krista Larson Jun. 11, 2020 11:25 AM EDT

US cooperates with WHO on Ebola despite Trump pullout threat

By Jamey Keaten Jun. 10, 2020 04:31 PM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday he and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar have discussed cooperation to...

Congo now faces 2nd Ebola outbreak in northern province

By Krista Larson Jun. 01, 2020 11:27 AM EDT
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Health officials have confirmed a second Ebola outbreak in Congo, the World Health Organization said Monday, adding yet another health...

Boston's Museum of Fine Arts to buy work from 24 artists

May. 29, 2020 09:51 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — Even as Boston's Museum of Fine Arts remains closed, curators remain at work on building out its contemporary art collection. ...

In this photo taken Friday, April 10, 2020, Martine Milonde, a Congolese community mobilizer who works with the aid group World Vision in Beni, eastern Congo, which became the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak, engages the public about coronavirus prevention. Congo has been battling an Ebola outbreak that has killed thousands of people for more than 18 months, and now it must also face a new scourge: the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro)
Congo, weary from Ebola, must also battle the coronavirus

By Carley Petesch And Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro Apr. 11, 2020 03:09 AM EDT