UN chief Antonio Guterres started a three-day tour of the Democratic Republic of Congo Saturday, expressing "solidarity" with a region ravaged by violence and an Ebola epidemic.

UN chief expresses solidarity with Ebola-hit DR Congo

The first Ebola patient in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's largest city, Goma, has died, the government said on Tuesday. The spread of the virus to Goma, a city of roughly 1 million people on the border with Rwanda, has raised fears the outbreak, which is already the second deadliest Ebola epidemic ever, could spread more widely.

First Ebola patient in eastern Congo's main city dies

A World Health Organization panel decided on Friday not to declare an international emergency over Congo's Ebola outbreak despite its spread to Uganda this week, concluding such a declaration could cause too much economic harm.

WHO panel decides not to declare international Ebola emergency

The case was confirmed from tests on 9 people who came down with a hemorrhagic fever in Bas-Uele province

One person dies of Ebola virus in Congo