The Democratic Republic of the Congo, the epicenter of the ongoing Mpox outbreak in Africa, will begin its first phase of ...

According to Reuters, an attempt to forcibly overthrow the government occurred in May of this year. Then armed men, including ...

Since early 2024, country has reported over 4,900 confirmed mpox cases and more than 620 deaths, according to official ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo received its first shipment of mpox vaccines today, three weeks after the UN declared a ...

Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa is massively overcrowded according to Amnesty International, with eight times as many ...

World Health Organization (WHO) expands field response capacity to curb mpox in Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

At least 129 people were killed and 59 injured in a failed jailbreak from a massively overcrowded penal facility in the ...

An attempted jail break at the Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest and chronically overcrowded prison this week has left ...

Mpox cases are on the rise in Africa, and children are particularly at risk. Learn what UNICEF is doing to protect children and stop the spread — and how to help.

It comes three weeks after the World Health Organisation declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency.

The current outbreak of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has resulted in more than 18 000 suspected cases, including more than 600 deaths since the beginning of 2024.1 Furthermore, there ...

Democratic Republic of Congo, epicentre of an mpox outbreak that prompted a UN declaration of a global public health emergency, said it expects to receive its first delivery of vaccine doses on ...