Category: The 5 Things to Know Today
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The 5 Things to Know Today – 21 October 2026
1. Miners’ protests spread across Kolwezi Protests spread across Kolwezi for a second day. Barricades, damaged vehicles and gunfire disrupted parts of the city, and some schools and businesses closed. Artisanal miners continue to demand reopened mineral-buying sites and viable areas where they can work legally. 2. Suspected outbreak causes dozens of reported deaths in…
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The 5 Things to Know Today – 20 October 2026
1. Mining controls disrupt Kolwezi Authorities have held copper and cobalt trucks for document checks at Musompo. Artisanal miners protesting inspections, closed buying counters and delays in opening alternative mining areas disrupted several Kolwezi neighborhoods on October 19. 2. Bunia follows up with only a quarter of identified Ebola contacts Ebola teams followed up with…
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The 5 Things to Know Today – 19 October 2026
1. Ebola reaches Nord-Ubangi as Kenya’s cluster grows Two cases have been confirmed in Nord-Ubangi, making it the eighth affected province in the DRC. Kenya has confirmed four additional infections linked to its first patient, bringing its total to seven cases and one death; three of the new patients are health workers who treated the…
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The 5 Things to Know Today – 16 October 2026
1. Africa CDC seeks an accounting of Ebola funds Africa CDC, the African Union’s public-health agency, has asked Ebola-response partners to account for more than $700 million in donor funding. Its director-general says donors disbursed $926.66 million to implementing partners, while Congolese health officials have traced roughly $200 million through the partners’ disclosures. 2. Drone…
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The 5 Things to Know Today – 15 October 2026
1. Health unions call a national strike Health unions plan to begin a general strike today over unresolved demands concerning pay, risk allowances, promotions and employment status. The planned action comes as health facilities respond to the Ebola outbreak. 2. Belgian police search homes linked to Tshisekedi’s family Belgian police searched homes linked to President…
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The 5 Things to Know Today – 14 October 2026
1. Kabila’s former allies split over his armed front Marie-Ange Mushobekwa and Allegra Fosh have distanced themselves from the armed approach of Joseph Kabila’s Front pour la refondation de la nation. Former minister Félix Kabange Numbi supports him. Patrick Nkanga left the PPRD on the day the front was announced, although his resignation did not…
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The 5 Things to Know Today – 13 October 2026
1. Joseph Kabila named leader of new rebel movement The AFC announced that former president Joseph Kabila will lead the Front pour la refondation de la nation, a new politico-military movement formed in Goma that it says replaces the AFC. Movement sources say the AFC/M23 has been formally dissolved. Corneille Nangaa and Bertrand Bisimwa take…
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The 5 Things to Know Today – 12 October 2026
1. Kabila address draws a threatening government response Joseph Kabila accused the Tshisekedi government of authoritarianism, corruption and pursuing an eastern war it lacks the means to win. Augustin Kabuya, interim president of the UDPS, warned that Kabila risked sharing the fate of Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi, who was killed by government forces in…
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The 5 Things to Know Today – 9 October 2026
1. Attacks and staff infections place additional pressure on the Ebola response An Ebola contact-tracing team was attacked in Kisangani, seriously injuring a surveillance supervisor, while three health workers tested positive in Biena and unsafe treatment conditions were reported at Biakato. Haut-Uélé has recorded 359 confirmed cases and 173 deaths, including Dungu Health Zone’s first…
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The 5 Things to Know Today – 8 October 2026
1. North Kivu’s Ebola treatment capacity is under mounting pressure North Kivu now accounts for nearly 40 percent of newly confirmed Ebola cases nationwide, up from 24 percent at the end of August. Limited bed capacity meant 34 percent of confirmed patients were being treated in ordinary health facilities as of September 28, increasing exposure…
