The world's first known case of AIDS has been traced to a sample of blood plasma from a man who
died in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1959
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KINSHASA (Reuters)- A person
in the
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who
died of a hemorrhagic fever has tested positive for the Ebola virus, signaling the start of a new outbreak, the DRC Health Ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
The
Democratic Republic of Congo is the least developed country
in the world, according to the United Nations, with one
in five children
dying before their fifth birthday.
The trade
in blood diamonds has led to devastating wars
in Sierra Leone, Angola,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Liberia and over 4 million people have
died as a result of these wars.