The WHO thinks it may have located the source of the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo but warns of the challenges of containing the virus

The outbreak in a new region of the country illustrates how the fight against Ebola is an ongoing struggling, specialist Dr Oliver Johnson told Euronews.

As it flies into the Democratic Republic of the Congo to tackle the latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus the WHO talks exclusively to euronews about the challenges ahead

The Democratic Republic of Congo has announced a new outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, just days after a recent emergence of the disease was declared over.

Left Field looks at the horrors of conflict in one of the world's most violent countries.

Congolese ex-Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba is acquitted of five counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. It's a huge blow to prosecutors and this was the first ICC case with a major focus on the use of rape as a weapon of war, according to the Open Society Justice Initiative

The court ruled he could not be held responsible for crimes carried out by troops under his control

Recent medical advances are helping the operation

4,000 doses of the vaccine were shipped to Mbandaka over the weekend after the country is facing its ninth outbreak

Newly developed Ebola vaccines arrive in Kinshasa as fears grow that the deadly virus has spread to the city of Mbandaka

Two Britons kidnapped in Democratic Republic of Congo Virunga National Park have been released, Britain's Foreign Minister Boris Johnson said.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed the first death in a new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the central African country. Health Minister Oly Ilunga said that a further 11 people had been infected, including three medical staff.

Local health officials reported 21 patients showing signs of the disease around the village of Ikoko Impenge, near the town of Bikoro.

Thousands of people have been killed in Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Kasai region since 2016, according to UN estimates.

The conflict in Kasaï has led to more than a million internally displaced people since the peak of the crisis.

The conflict in Greater Kasaï broke out in 2016.

Church leader accuses Congo's government of opening fire on peaceful protesters

United Nations peacekeepers say security forces have killed at least seven protesters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.