South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Kinshasa on Thursday for a high-level African Union solidarity mission aimed at reinforcing continental support for the Democratic Republic of the Congo's response to its latest Ebola outbreak.

The institution in gang-controlled downtown Port-au-Prince plays a vital role in clinical training for young doctors.

A first ray of hope for Ebola patients in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the trial of two potential treatments for the virus gets underway.

The border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda has reopened after weeks of closure over the Ebola outbreak. The move restores a vital trade route for the city of Goma, with many residents expressing relief as cross border travel and business resume.

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to escalate, with confirmed cases climbing to more than 1,500 and at least 473 people dead, according to government figures.

With many misconceptions about the disorder and few government resources available, families struggle to get help.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has opened a second Ebola treatment center in North Kivu, one of the three provinces hit by the outbreak, to improve access to specialist care and ease pressure on health facilities.

Almost 300 people who’ve tested positive for Ebola are unaccounted for, according to the head of the Africa Centers For Disease Control.

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has risen to 1003, including 254 deaths, authorities in the country said on Sunday.

"Dangerous gaps" remain in efforts to rein in an Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 180 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Doctors Without Borders warned Monday.