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King Philip of Belgium and Queen Mathilde of Flanders meet with Congolese professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, a leading figure in the fight against Ebola, at the National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB) in the capital city of Kinshasa, on the third day of their visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo. IMAGES
World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom hails the end of the Ebola crisis in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo as a 'victory for science' after a vaccine helped stopped the virus spread. SOUNDBITE
The Ebola epidemic in DR Congo remains a "public health emergency of international concern" for three more months, World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus says at a press conference in Geneva. IMAGES
Diane Gashumba and Pierre Kangudia, respective health ministers of Rwanda and the DR Congo, meet in the Rwandan border town of Gisenyi to discuss the ongoing Ebola epidemic. IMAGES
Ebola response workers stationed at the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda conduct health checks on people moving across the busy frontier. The current epidemic in eastern DR Congo marked its first anniversary on Thursday with two more cases in the densely-populated border city of Goma. IMAGES