Food prices have increased tenfold in Walikale market, as North Kivu is facing rampant inflation hitting households already weakened by the dramatic security crisis; local civil society raised the alarm as food staples like cassava have come unaffordable

Cobalt exports have resumed after a 10-month halt; introduced in February, the ban was designed to stabilise the market and stem falling prices due to global oversupply, and was initially imposed for four months

Current cholera epidemic is the worst recorded in DRC in 25 years, with over 64.000 cases and nearly 1.900 deaths this year; children account for a quarter of infections, with 14.818 cases and 340 deaths to date according to local UNICEF representative

The last patient of the 16th Ebola outbreak has been released from a treatment centre in Kasai province, according to the UN health agency; If no new cases are discovered in the next 42 days, the outbreak will be declared over