The Ebola outbreak in the DRC has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. What does this mean for the outbreak response?
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African leaders who have sought ICC involvement have all seen the court as being beneficial to the survival of their governments.
Ntaganda’s conviction represents real progress, and an actual significant victory, for the ICC.
The threat posed by measles is on the rise again in a number of countries in the world. One of them is the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Our work represents the first assessment of what social and economic factors are connected to environmental degradation across the entire African continent.
Natural resources are an important factor in explaining why some rebel groups forcibly recruit children into their ranks.
Alarm arose when news spread that Ebola cases had been found in Uganda. Here are the real reasons for concern.
Kenya appears prepared for Ebola outbreaks, but a lot more can be done.
Ebola is difficult to contain because of human social and behavioural factors. But it can be if 100% of the infected people’s contacts are identified and monitored.
Vaccines against Ebola exist, as do diagnostic tests and screening at border crossings. So why is the disease spreading?
Felix Tshisekedi must come out from under former premier Joseph Kabila’s thumb.
The grim facts are undisputed: the current Ebola outbreak is expanding, largely unabated.
Research has identified a range of health complications in Ebola survivors. These include eye complications and vision problems.
Responsible mineral sourcing programmes in the DRC have their flaws.
There is an urgent need to improve the training of both the army and police in the DRC.
The current Ebola outbreak in the DRC is devastating vulnerable communities already affected by displacement and violence.
In Rwanda gorillas have been leaving protected areas to raid sodium rich crops.
The deal between the DRC and the Chinese company Sicomines didn’t take into account how the Congolese people would benefit.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has implemented power-sharing agreements before but none of them have worked.
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s new leader Felix Tshisekedi is being undermined by the outgoing regime of Joseph Kabila.
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Lecturer in African History, Queen Mary University of London
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Professor in International Development, University of Antwerp
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Lecturer in International Development, University of Bath
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Professor in the faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
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Research Director of the Insecure Livelihoods Project, Ghent University
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Part-time lecturer at the Global Health & Social Medicine, Harvard University, and Lecturer at the School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Liberia
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Visiting Researcher, University of Leeds
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Assistant professor, University of Groningen
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Adjunct assistant professor, University of Copenhagen
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, King's College London
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Researcher and lecturer, City University of New York
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Senior researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies
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Professor of Francophone Studies (Africa, Caribbean), Faculty Affiliate with Africana Studies, World Literature Program and Human Rights Pracice, University of Arizona
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Research Fellow at Institute for Democracy Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa, University of Cape Town
