An epidemic of the haemorrhagic Ebola fever reported in Mweka and Luebo health zones in the southern province of Kasai Occidental is over, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) health ministry said.

An Ebola outbreak in southern Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC's) Kasai Occidental Province is now under control, according to a UN official.

Eleven people have died in a remote area of central Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where the presence of the Ebola virus has been confirmed, according to health officials.

The technical commission for contingencies against Ebola fever met over the weekend to analyse preventive measures against the illness that hits the Kassai region in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...