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Ebola, conflict and disease surveillance
The virus takes its name from the Ebola River, near the site of one of the first recorded outbreaks in what is now the DRC, in 1976. Four of these six species are known to cause…
In the DRC, an ugly history of war risks repeating itself
East African leaders are mobilising armies to intervene in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Decades ago, Zimbabwean soldiers came to Kinshasa’s aid and learnt harsh…
What your president’s style says about their politics
African leaders’ sartorial choices have been communicating their political orientations for centuries