Central Africa

19 deaths have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo following the latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is to receive 4,000 doses of Ebola vaccine secured by the World Health Organisation as the global body prepares to deploy them.

More than 26 villagers in Burundi’s north-west have been murdered by armed men who stormed homes and setting them on fire.

The World Health Organization  has announced it is planning to send Ebola vaccines to the town of Bikoro in north-western Democratic Republic of Congo where new cases of the deadly virus have been recorded.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been hit by new Ebola outbreak with officials on Tuesday saying that two new cases were detected in the country's north-west region.

The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged the Democratic Republic of Congo's government to lift a ban on demonstrations that threatens to scupper chances for credible elections.

The President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame has revealed that he “intended to” leave office but his ruling Rwanda Patriotic Front party refused to let him go.

Ten more people have died from wounds sustained during Tuesday’s attack on a church in Central African Republic, the Red Cross said on Thursday, bringing the toll to 26.

The United Nations experts investigating the murder of two of the global body's investigators in the Democratic Republic of Congo last year have accused Congolese security officials of interfering with the investigation into the killings.

Gabon’s Constitutional Court on Monday ordered the prime minister to resign and the lower house of parliament dissolved after legislative elections scheduled for the weekend were delayed.