It will arrive in the eastern city of Goma, in North Kivu province, on October 18 and be used from the beginning of next month
The plane, carrying four crew and four passengers, was "providing logistics" for the president,
The campaign aims to vaccinate around 825,000 children in 24 regions, over a period of nine days, the body said.
The group says "up to 2,000-2,5000 people could be vaccinated every day, against the current 50-1,000 people"
The UN chief first visited Goma, the capital of North Kivu province which is trying to roll back an epidemic of Ebola
More than 200,000 people have been vaccinated during DR Congo's tenth and most serious Ebola epidemic
Just like the Amazon, the forests of the Congo Basin absorb tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) in trees and peat marshes
The incident happened in Oicha, a town about 30 kilometres north of the city of Beni
The first death in South Kivu was a woman in her twenties who evaded movement controls to travel from the North Kivu town of Beni
"A 26-year-old victim died and one of their children who tested positive is still alive and being treated"
