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Health workers dressed in protective gear at an Ebola treatment centre in Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ebola has been ruled out this time.

What we know about the deadly mystery illnesses affecting hundreds in Congo

The first cases occurred after children ate bats. Now hundreds of people in two villages are sick and more than 50 are dead.

  • Chinedu Asadu and Jean-Yves Kamale

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Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo Judith Suminwa talks to journalists during a press conference in Geneva.

Mystery illness kills more than 50 within hours in Congo

The outbreak began after three children ate a bat and died after suffering haemorrhagic fever symptoms. The WHO has ruled out Ebola.

  • Jean-Yves Kamale and Olivia Le Poidevin
Rory Marples in Gome in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

‘On the streets I once walked dead bodies lay prostrate and forgotten’

I’m heartbroken by the violence that erupted in the vibrant city where I treated patients only last year.

  • Dr Rory Marples
Volunteers bury those who died during a week of clashes in Goma.

The horrific dilemma facing Congo after 3000 deaths in a week

“We have days of mass burials ahead of us”, the Red Cross warns, but the land available to hold the dead is limited.

  • Elian Peltier and Caleb Kabanda
The Mbalam-Nabeba project was set to be the biggest iron ore venture in Africa.

Federal police drop foreign bribery investigation into Australian miner

Sundance Resources was accused of bribing government officials in the Republic of Congo to progress an iron ore venture that was set to be one of the biggest projects in Africa.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey and Emmanuel Freudenthal
Gold prices are near record highs in Australian dollar terms.

‘The curse of gold’: Ubiquitous symbol of wealth still fuels war and abuse

Easy to smuggle and sell virtually anywhere, gold continues to fund armed conflict in Africa and child labour in Australia’s region.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Jean Patrick Niambe, a hip-hop artist known as Dofy who often composes in Nouchi, a slang once crafted by petty criminals, records a new song in a studio in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Africans are reshaping French one rap and joke at a time

The French language is now spoken by more people outside France than within. It’s no wonder it’s beginning to sound more like TikTok.

  • Elian Peltier
People walk next to a house destroyed by the floods in the village of Nyamukubi, South Kivu province, in Congo.

Hundreds dead, many more missing after Congo floods

Heavy rains have brought flash floods and landslides to thousands in East Africa.

  • Justin Kabumba
Well-wishers wait for Pope Francis in Kinshasa, Congo, on January 31.

‘Hands off Africa!’: Pope tells greedy foreign companies to stop plundering Congo

Francis plunged headfirst into his agenda, denouncing the exploitation of Africa by colonial powers, today’s multinational mining industries and neighbour’s interference in Congolese affairs.

  • Nicole Winfield, Jean-Yeves Kamale and Christina Malkia
Smoke rises from forest fires in the region of Novo Progresso, in Pará state, Brazil, last week.

Brazil’s Amazon records worst August fires since 2010

The devastation generally caused by farmers lighting fires to clear land in drier months is more widespread than the blazes that set off global outrage in 2019.

  • Gabriel Araujo

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