Tag: DR Congo

Economy

UN warns DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak may push 985,000 into poverty

A new United Nations assessment has raised alarm that the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could unleash a devastating socioeconomic crisis far beyond infections, pushing an estimated 985,000 more people into poverty and triggering up to 2,520 excess infant deaths from disrupted healthcare services. The report also projected that even […]