Yellow fever hits Congo deportees

Yellow fever shots are the only required vaccination that is routinely checked when you arrive at the airport in Kinshasa.

BBC NEWS | Africa | Yellow fever hits Congo deportees.

Yellow fever is sweeping through the thousands of Congolese expelled from Angola, a local official says. At least 10 people have already died, says the mayor of Lutembo in south-west Democratic Republic of Congo. The town's hospital, which is chronically short of medicines, is struggling to cope.

More than 20,000 Congolese diamond miners have been expelled from Angola in recent weeks. The UN is trying to reach the remote region by helicopter.