KIGALI, June 8 — Rwanda has said it would withdraw from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), underscoring diplomatic tensions in the region over an offensive this year by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Congo.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — All Malaysian officials serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) under the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are safe, said the Foreign Ministry (Wisma Putra).

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 5 — Malaysian peacekeepers serving under the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Monusco) are safe, said the Foreign Ministry (Wisma Putra).

KINSHASA, Aug 20 — The ongoing mpox outbreak has been declared a "continental emergency," according to the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba.

GENEVA, Aug 15 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of the viral infection in Democratic Republic of Congo that has spread to neighbouring countries.