Democratic Republic of Congo

An American who was providing medical assistance in Congo may have been exposed to the deadly Ebola virus and is being monitored at a Nebraska medical center. The University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha confirmed Saturday that it was housing the person in a secure area that is not accessible to other patients or the public. Spokesman Taylor Wilson...

An American who was providing medical assistance in Congo may have been exposed to the deadly Ebola virus and is being monitored at a Nebraska medical center. The University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha confirmed Saturday that it was housing the person in a secure area that is not accessible to other patients or the public. Spokesman Taylor Wilson...

A Congolese boy who traveled to Los Angeles to undergo surgery to remove a large tumor on his face died late Friday after having an adverse reaction to anesthesia.

Pope Francis is calling for ordinary Catholics to live holy lives in whatever they do, stressing that the “saints next door” are more pleasing to God than religious elites who insist on perfect adherence to rules and doctrine. In a new document released Monday, Francis said defending the poor and migrants is “equally sacred” to defending the unborn — a...

On Christianity’s most joyful day, Pope Francis in his Easter Sunday message called for peace in a world marked by war and conflict, “beginning with the beloved and long-suffering land of Syria,” and extending to the entire Middle East, the Korean peninsula and parts of Africa affected by “hunger, endemic conflicts and terrorism.” Francis reflected on the power of Christianity’s...

One of the world’s oldest and most beloved gorillas, Vila, died at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park Saturday afternoon.

In some villages deep in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where bridges may just be felled trees and there are few roads or telephones, a growing network of solar-powered radios is doing double duty, NBC News reports. The FM and high-frequency radios, brought in to warn of imminent extremist attacks from a group called the Lord’s Resistance Army, also help...

An American was abducted while working as a United Nations official in central Africa, his father told NBC News on Tuesday. Michael Sharp, 34, was among a team traveling by motorcycle through the Democratic Republic of Congo when they were kidnapped by “an unidentified militia group,” according to his dad, John Sharp. Officials confirmed Monday that the team had disappeared...

NBA hall of famer and former Philadelphia 76ers center Dikembe Mutombo was at Brussels Airport Tuesday during a series of deadly blasts in Belgium’s capital city that left over 30 people dead and over 200 others injured.