https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ASw7Z9DAzJc/ignatius-ssuuna RSS for Node Thu, 07 May 2026 00:27:32 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-24/fighting-rages-near-congo-trading-hub-as-un-warns-of-broader-war https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-24/fighting-rages-near-congo-trading-hub-as-un-warns-of-broader-war Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:59:59 GMT FARDC soldiers on patrol in Goma on Jan. 23. Photographer: Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty Images https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-07/-hotel-rwanda-hero-denied-access-to-lawyers-foundation-says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-07/-hotel-rwanda-hero-denied-access-to-lawyers-foundation-says Mon, 07 Sep 2020 16:02:15 GMT MRCD-UBUMWE chairman Paul Rusesabagina poses for the photographer during a press conference of the political platform MRCD-UBUMWE and the political party RDI-EWANDA RWIZA, concerning the political and security situation in Rwanda, in Brussels, Tuesday 18 June 2019. BELGA PHOTO NICOLAS MAETERLINCK (Photo credit should read NICOLAS MAETERLINCK/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-31/rwanda-police-arrest-hero-of-hotel-rwanda-on-terrorism-charges https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-31/rwanda-police-arrest-hero-of-hotel-rwanda-on-terrorism-charges Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:11:44 GMT Paul Rusesabagina https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-17/congo-army-captures-and-repatriates-300-rwandan-rebels https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-17/congo-army-captures-and-repatriates-300-rwandan-rebels Tue, 17 Dec 2019 11:47:37 GMT TOPSHOT - Soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Democratic republic of the Congo (FARDC) are seen gearing up as gunfire erupts close by on October 07, 2018 outside Oicha. - Attacks on FARDC bases by the ADF has become more common. The ADF usually attack at night over the weekends, in search of arms, ammunition and medical supplies. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-16/islamist-rebels-kill-33-people-in-ebola-hit-congolese-region https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-16/islamist-rebels-kill-33-people-in-ebola-hit-congolese-region Mon, 16 Dec 2019 14:09:19 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-18/congo-s-army-kills-top-rwandan-rebel-suspected-of-war-crimes https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-18/congo-s-army-kills-top-rwandan-rebel-suspected-of-war-crimes Wed, 18 Sep 2019 14:58:55 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-04/congo-probes-former-health-minister-over-use-of-ebola-funds https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-04/congo-probes-former-health-minister-over-use-of-ebola-funds Wed, 04 Sep 2019 05:00:00 GMT Oly Ilunga Photographer: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-01/rwanda-closes-its-border-with-congo-over-threat-of-ebola https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-01/rwanda-closes-its-border-with-congo-over-threat-of-ebola Thu, 01 Aug 2019 08:33:10 GMT Health workers are seen inside the 'red zone' of an Ebola treatment centre, which was attacked in the early hours of the morning on March 9, 2019 in Butembo, Democratic Republic of Congo. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-31/congo-finds-second-ebola-case-in-eastern-city-of-goma https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-31/congo-finds-second-ebola-case-in-eastern-city-of-goma Wed, 31 Jul 2019 11:08:11 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-22/congo-health-minister-quits-over-interference-in-ebola-response https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-22/congo-health-minister-quits-over-interference-in-ebola-response Mon, 22 Jul 2019 16:48:40 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-18/ebola-screeners-boost-surveillance-as-outbreak-becomes-emergency https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-18/ebola-screeners-boost-surveillance-as-outbreak-becomes-emergency Thu, 18 Jul 2019 12:21:00 GMT TOPSHOT - A motor taxi driver gets his hands washed at an Ebola screening station on the road between Butembo and Goma on July 16, 2019 in Goma. - The first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma has died, the governor of North Kivu province said on July 16, 2019. The case -- the first in a major urban hub in the region's nearly year-old epidemic of the disease -- has sparked deep concern in neighbouring Rwanda and at the UN. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHN WESSELS/AFP/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-15/congo-confirms-first-ebola-case-near-border-with-rwanda https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-15/congo-confirms-first-ebola-case-near-border-with-rwanda Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:20:45 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-31/ebola-claims-lives-of-two-congo-soldiers-in-east-military-says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-31/ebola-claims-lives-of-two-congo-soldiers-in-east-military-says Thu, 31 Jan 2019 16:09:29 GMT TOPSHOT - A health worker waits to handle a new unconfirmed Ebola patient at a newly build MSF (Doctors Without Borders) supported Ebola treatment centre (ETC) on November 7, 2018 in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo. - The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to more than 200, the health ministry said on November 10, 2018. (Photo by John WESSELS / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHN WESSELS/AFP/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-29/congo-extradites-top-rwandan-rebels-to-face-charges-at-home https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-29/congo-extradites-top-rwandan-rebels-to-face-charges-at-home Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:45:08 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-18/congo-dismisses-african-union-call-to-suspend-election-results https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-18/congo-dismisses-african-union-call-to-suspend-election-results Fri, 18 Jan 2019 14:43:19 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-30/congo-votes-for-successor-to-kabila-in-long-delayed-election https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-30/congo-votes-for-successor-to-kabila-in-long-delayed-election Sun, 30 Dec 2018 07:09:09 GMT Voters check the roll at the Monsignor Moke school complex during general elections in Kinshasa on December 30, 2018. - Voters in the Democratic Republic of Congo went to the polls on December 30 in elections that will shape the future of their vast, troubled country, amid fears that violence could overshadow the ballot. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP) (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-17/congo-army-says-it-captured-rwandan-rebel-spokesman-amid-attacks https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-17/congo-army-says-it-captured-rwandan-rebel-spokesman-amid-attacks Mon, 17 Dec 2018 18:29:02 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-10/rwanda-says-four-gunmen-killed-in-battle-with-congo-based-rebels https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-10/rwanda-says-four-gunmen-killed-in-battle-with-congo-based-rebels Mon, 10 Dec 2018 10:53:29 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-26/democratic-republic-of-congo-starts-trial-for-ebola-treatment https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-26/democratic-republic-of-congo-starts-trial-for-ebola-treatment Mon, 26 Nov 2018 12:54:09 GMT TOPSHOT - A health worker waits to handle a new unconfirmed Ebola patient at a newly build MSF (Doctors Without Borders) supported Ebola treatment centre (ETC) on November 7, 2018 in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo. - The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to more than 200, the health ministry said on November 10, 2018. (Photo by John WESSELS / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHN WESSELS/AFP/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-16/ugandan-rebel-group-kills-seven-un-peacekeepers-in-congo https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-16/ugandan-rebel-group-kills-seven-un-peacekeepers-in-congo Fri, 16 Nov 2018 05:05:29 GMT A United Nations Peacekeepers truck patrols around Catholic churches during a demonstration calling for the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to step down on January 21, 2018 in Kinshasa. At least one person was killed in Kinshasa on January 21 after security forces opened fire to disperse protesters at a banned march demanding that the President stand down, the UN and witnesses said. / AFP PHOTO / JOHN WESSELS (Photo credit should read JOHN WESSELS/AFP/Getty Images) Photographer: JOHN WESSELS/AFP