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Patients with a mysterious illness in Congo also test positive for malaria, raising concerns of multiple diseases being present.

Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo expect to identify the cause of the outbreak of an unknown infectious disease within days.

At least 143 people have died in the past month in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to an unknown disease. The disease has been contained in the Kwango province, southwest of the DRC's capital Kinshasa. The Congolese government has dispatched a medical team to conduct further research, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Researchers have discovered 742 new animal and plant species in the Congo Basin, the second largest rainforest in the world.

Regilio Tuur looks back on the iconic match against Muhammad Ali and shares how it inspired him to become a boxer. Read more on the historical event.