A series of unidentified illnesses have resulted in the deaths of more than 50 people in Equateur province, located in ...

Symptoms of mystery ‘crying disease’ sweeping Congo that kills you in hours Katie Boyden Published February 27, 2025 9:50am Updated February 27, 2025 12:47pm ...

Crying disease in Congo: ... The first reported deaths occurred in the village of Boloko, where three children who ate a bat passed away within 48 hours. The World Health Organization ...

53 people, including children, have died in two outbreaks of an unexplained disease in villages 120 miles apart in the Congo. Local authorities and the World Health Organisation are investigating ...

A mysterious disease called 'crying disease' is sweeping through parts of Congo, killing over 50 people and infecting more than 400. Symptoms include fever, internal bleeding, and persistent ...

Today there are an estimated 300 000 child soldiers fighting in about 30 wars around the world, while more than 30 million more are refugees, inside and outside their home countries.

LWIRO, Democratic Republic of Congo—The sound of children crying never lets up in this overcrowded village clinic. Grade-school boys and girls roam around barefoot, covered in bulbous sores ...

The Congo lies between the all-black Gold Coast, where 4,500,000 Negroes are close to independence under Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah, and unhappy South Africa, where Boer Prime Minister Johannes ...

Symptoms have included: pain in the neck and joints, sweating and shortness of breath, intense thirst and in children, persistent crying. Congo's Ministry of Health said most of the patients have ...