August 21st, 2012
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Ebola outbreak kills 10 in Congo

The Ebola virus has killed 10 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.

As of Monday, WHO said, the deaths are among 13 probable and two confirmed Ebola cases reported in Orientale province in eastern Congo.

The Congolese Ministry of Health has set up a task force to deal with the outbreak and is working with WHO, UNICEF, Doctors Without Borders and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Officials: 32 killed in U.N. plane crash in Congo; 1 survives
Soldiers and officials inspect the wreckage of a UN plane after it crashed as it tried to land in a storm in Kinshasa on Monday.
April 4th, 2011
04:54 PM ET
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Officials: 32 killed in U.N. plane crash in Congo; 1 survives

[Updated at 4:49 p.m. ET] Thirty-two people died and just one survived when a United Nations plane crashed in the Congo on Monday, a U.N. spokesman said in New York.

The plane was trying to land in Kinshasa when the crash happened, and it was raining at the time, an official said.

The aircraft, which took off from Goma, belonged to the U.N. mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a Congo Transportation Ministry official.

[Updated at 1:13 p.m. ET] An official said it was raining when the plane attempted to land in Kinshasa.

The Kinshasa airport reported strong thunderstorms and sustained winds of 37 kph at the time.

[Posted at 11:48 a.m. ET] At least 10 people died in the crash of a United Nations plane as it attempted to land in Congo Monday, a U.N. official said.

The aircraft, which was carrying 32 people, belonged to the U.N. mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a Congo Transportation Ministry official.

The flight began in Goma and was bound for Kinshasa, the official said.

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