An Islamic State-affiliated group has attacked villages in Congo near the Uganda border, killing at least 40 people.

Guy Kopelowicz, a renowned photo editor with The Associated Press, has died at 85.

The International Committee of the Red Cross says over 200 health facilities in eastern Congo face medicine shortages due to fighting in the region and a lack of humanitarian funding.

Africa’s top public health agency said Thursday that suspected Ebola cases in Congo’s southern Kasai province have more than doubled since last week.

Congo's health minister says a new Ebola outbreak is suspected of causing 15 deaths among 28 people with symptoms.

Prince William has gone on an early-morning nature walk near South Africa’s Table Mountain to promote the work of conservation rangers in a unique urban national park.