New suspected cases of Ebola have been reported in parts of Congo that were previously unaffected, the government said, signaling the continued spread of the disease beyond the epicenter in Ituri.

A violent militia that controls large swaths of Congolese territory in the east may use the virus to try to bolster its authority.

The healthcare workers at the epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak are walking off their jobs to protest delays in their payments, threatening efforts to slow the outbreak that officials said continues to spread faster than the response.

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Residents at the epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak are pinning their hopes on experimental treatments after researchers began a highly anticipated study in early July of two possible Ebola treatments in hopes of fighting the still-growing outbreak.

Public boats, with ample sleeping quarters, plied the Congo until the government of the DRC let them fall into disrepair. Now river traffic consists largely of barges (top) and pirogues (center). With roads scarce in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),

DRC tax authorities have shut the offices of Glencore's Kamoto Copper over a dispute concerning alleged tax liabilities.