Rare plague kills 60 in Congo

A rare form of plague has killed at least 61 people around a diamond mine in the remote wilds of north-east Congo.

Rare plague kills 60 in Congo

A rare form of plague has killed at least 61 people around a diamond mine in the remote wilds of north-east Congo.

Officials fear hundreds more who fled into the forests to escape the contagion are infected and dying, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said today.

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