Illness With Ebola-like Symptoms Kills Several In Congo – Official

 Kinshasa (Reuters/NAN) –  Michel Wangi, a spokesman for Governor’s Office, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), said an illness was spreading in Boende.

He said on Thursday in Kinshasa that the origin of the illness was unknown, and it was of big concern to Government.

Wangi said government had sent experts from National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB), led by Acting Governor Sebastian Impeto and Kabange Numbi, Health Minister, to the region to find the cause of the disease.

Congolese Student High On Marijuana Plunges To Death In The US

19 -year-old Congolese, who could not handle weed died on March 11th after plunging from a motel balcony in Colorado.

According to Denver Mmedical examiner, 19 year old exchange student from Republic of Congo, Levi Thamba Pongi (pictured above) jumped to his death after eating a marijuana cookie that his friend legally purchased in one of Colorado's recreational pot shops, marking the first time since recreational marijuana was legalized in the state that eating pot was listed as a “contributing factor” is someone’s death.