Government and Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group have agreed on the creation of joint ceasefire monitoring body that will oversee the implementation of a permanent ceasefire; it was announced via social media posts after months of negotiation in Doha, Qatar

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

At the border with Uganda health officials are suspected of selling fraudulent yellow fever documents; as travellers appear immunised on paper, but they are not, the risk of outbreaks increases in a region marked by regular movement of thousands of people

A new Ebola outbreak may be spreading, as health officials confirmed a new case in the southern Kasai province, bringing suspected case count to 28, with 15 deaths; Ministry of Health added that figures are provisional and investigations ongoing