The World Health Organization chief warned Friday that growing unrest in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was disrupting efforts to rein in an Ebola outbreak, threatening gains made in fighting the deadly virus.

WHO chief warns DR Congo unrest threatening gains in Ebola fight

DR Congo on Wednesday announced that key elections due to take place nationwide on December 30 would be postponed to March in two regions troubled by violence. But those delays will not affect the timetable for the presidential ballot, which is being held alongside legislative and provincial elections, the national election commission CENI said.

DR Congo further delays December 30 poll in two conflict zones

The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to more than 200, the health ministry said on Saturday. The ministry said it had recorded 201 deaths from the virus and that 291 cases have been confirmed since the outbreak began in August.

Death toll tops 200 in DR Congo Ebola outbreak

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed 164 lives, according to health authorities. In mid-October, Congolese authorities said they were facing a "second wave" of the outbreak centred on Beni, a town in North Kivu near the border with Uganda.

DR Congo Ebola death toll rises to 164

Humanitarian workers are struggling to calm community fears in strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where 125 people have died of Ebola, and cases of the virus are spreading fast.

Community fears grow as DR Congo Ebola death toll climbs to 125

Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak is expected to last several months and could spread at any time to Uganda or Rwanda, which are well prepared but have not approved use of a vaccine, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.

WHO sees Congo's Ebola outbreak lasting 3-4 months at least

The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 118, authorities have said, with three children among the recent victims.

Ebola death toll rises in DR Congo

Ebola can reach a mortality rate of up to 90 per cent, and is widely feared for its destructive internal and external bleeding.

13th confirmed Ebola death in latest DR Congo outbreak, 27 suspected in total

One of the deaths occurred in Mbandaka, according to a daily healthy ministry bulletin

Two more die of Ebola in Congo, seven new cases confirmed

The Democratic Republic of Congo joined with world agencies and neighbouring countries on Friday in boosting the response to an Ebola outbreak in the sprawling country's northwest, as the toll mounted

In Congo city where Ebola resides, fear but not panic

The WHO was fiercely criticised over its handling of the epidemic and has pledged to improve its emergency response

DR Congo triggers 'action plan' as Ebola toll mounts

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So far, the 23 deaths believed to have been caused by Democratic Republic of Congo's latest Ebola outbreak had been detected in more isolated areas

Congo warns of 'new phase' in Ebola outbreak after first urban case

Congo first reported the outbreak, centred around the village of Ikoko Impenge, near the town of Bikoro, on Tuesday, with 32 suspected, probable or confirmed cases of the disease, including 18 deaths since April 4

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

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Guinea has reached the end of active Ebola virus transmission, the World Health Organisation said, the second such declaration from the country at the global epicentre of the disease.

Guinea declared free of active Ebola transmission - WHO

An outbreak of Ebola virus in Guinea, which was earlier confined to countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, was the first ever outbreak in a west African country. Since March 2014, West Africa has had the largest outbreak in history, with countries like Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea being the worst affected.

Latest Ebola outbreak in Guinea is over: WHO

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