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FILE - A view of the Panzi general Hospital, in southwestern Congo, Thursday, Nov 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Lucien Lufutu, File)

Congo man dies with hemorrhagic fever, indicating mystery outbreak could be more than just malaria

By Monika Pronczuk - Associated Press

Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi speaks during a press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Rwanda and Congo cancel peace talks to end a conflict in eastern Congo

By Justin Kabumba - Associated Press

M23 rebels stand with theirs weapons in Kibumba, in the eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)

Fighting in eastern Congo between army and rebels intensifies ahead of peace talks Sunday

Associated Press

A view of the general Hospital Panzi in southwestern Congo, Thursday, Nov 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Lucien Lufutu)

Authorities say the mystery disease in Congo might be malaria but more testing is needed

By Jean-Yves Kamale - Associated Press

Congo's Health Minister Roger Kamba speaks, during a press conference, in Congo, Kinshasa, Thursday, Nov 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi)

Congo government says it’s ‘on alert’ over mystery flu-like disease that killed dozens

By Jean-Yves Kamale - Associated Press

M23 rebels stand with their weapons in Kibumba, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)

Extremist rebels linked to IS kill at least 9 and kidnap 3 in eastern Congo

By Jean-Yves Kamale - Associated Press

Clockwise from top left, Simone Ngalula, Monique Bitu Bingi, Lea Tavares Mujinga, Noelle Verbeeken and Marie-Jose Loshi pose for a group photo in Brussels on Monday, June 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

Belgian court rules against state in a landmark case addressing its colonial past

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

FILE - Workers stand by a memorial for Democratic Republic of the Congo independence hero Patrice Lumumba, in Kinshasa, Congo, June 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi, File)

Congolese police arrest 6 suspects over break-in into mausoleum of late independence hero Lumumba

By Jean-Yves Kamale - Associated Press

This colorized electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 2024 shows Mpox virus particles, orange, found within infected cells, green. (NIAID via AP, File)

U.S. health officials report 1st case of new form of mpox in a traveler

By Mike Stobbe - Associated Press

This colorized electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 2024 shows Mpox virus particles, green, found within infected cultured cells, blue. The virus particles are in various stages of maturity, which accounts for differences in shape. (NIAID via AP, File)

U.K. identifies four cases of new mpox variant, the first cluster outside Africa

Associated Press

United Nations blue helmets from Morocco under the MONUSCO umbrella patrol in the territory of Nyiragongo , north of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa) ** FILE **

Congo’s mineral wealth fuels deadly conflict amid U.N. withdrawal plans

By Sam Mednick and Ruth Alonga - Associated Press

Nelly Shukuru, 51, hold the scarf she had planned on using to hang herself after spending three years displaced in the Lushagala camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Years of war in Congo have created a dire mental health crisis. But little support is available

By Sam Mednick and Ruth Alonga - Associated Press

A health worker attends to a mpox patient, at a treatment centre in Munigi, eastern Congo, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)

Congo begins mpox vaccinations in a drive to slow outbreaks

By Ruth Alonga - Associated Press

Women grieve at the port of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, after a ferry carrying hundreds capsized on arrival Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Boat capsizes on a lake in eastern Congo, killing at least 50 people, witnesses say

By Ruth Alonga and Jean-Yves Kamale - Associated Press

Sifa Kunguja, a 40-year-old sex worker, sits home after recovering from mpox, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Kamituga, eastern Congo. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Sex workers find themselves at the center of Congo’s mpox outbreak

By Sam Mednick - Associated Press