An analysis of mpox virus genomes from individuals infected between 2018 and 2023 has provided insights into how the virus ...

In August 2024, the World Health Organization declared a second "Public Health Emergency of International Concern" for mpox.

The cause is said to be due to the ongoing conflict between government forces and the M23 rebel group, which has seen ...

Learn about sources of continued violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and how the United Nations, African Union, and neighboring countries are struggling to curtail it.

Demonstrators carry a poster honoring the Democratic Republic of Congo armed forces during a protest in Goma, June 15, 2022. Several thousand people demonstrated to denounce "Rwandan aggression." ...

WASHINGTON, June 20, 2025 - The World Bank Group has approved the third Fiscal Management and Inclusive Growth Development Policy Financing (DPF) operation, providing $80 million to support the ...

Some of the most common symptoms for Congo virus include fever, muscle aches, headaches, sore eyes, vomiting, and abdominal pain. This is often accompanied by mood swings and confusion.

Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo Expected to Sign a Peace Deal Ministers of Rwanda and the DRC are to sign a peace deal today, bringing one of Africa’s worst conflicts to an end.

These assays use either hyperimmune serum or virus protein-specific (e.g., nucleoprotein) antibodies to capture MARV antigen. [66, 73] Direct IgM and IgG ELISAs, as well as IgM-capture ELISAs, are ...