Nearly half of those who died did so within hours after they felt sick, and health officials still do not know the cause or whether outbreaks in separate villages are related.

Unidentified illnesses in northwestern Congo have killed more than 50 people over the past five weeks, nearly half of them within hours after they felt sick

More than 50 people have died in two clusters of unknown illnesses in northwest Congo, global health authorities said.

An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, health experts say.

The World Health Organization speculated that a mass poisoning event was behind the deaths of 60 people. But African experts suspect a more mundane cause.

A mystery illness has caused 60 deaths​ in the Democratic Republic of Congo. One of the outbreaks was preliminarily linked to children who had eaten a bat carcass.

A deadly unknown illness has killed about 53 people in Northwestern DR Congo in just five weeks, with doctors warning that it is spreading quickly and has a high fatality rate. Watch this report for more details!