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Ebola
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus makes appeal after protests against protocols for handling victims’ bodies in Ituri provinceContaining the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo requires community cooperation and is…
May 31, 2026
· 1 min read
Ireland
Yves Sakila died after being restrained by security guards ‘in broad daylight’Irish authorities have agreed to a second postmortem on the body of a Congolese man who died after being…
May 31, 2026
· 1 min read
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo say suspected Ebola cases have now passed 900 in the east of the country. The World Health Organization has said the outbreak…
May 29, 2026
· 1 min read
Ebola
In today’s newsletter: As the virus spreads across borders, health workers warn that weakened global support is making a prolonged crisis more likelyEbola is spreading rapidly in parts of east…
May 29, 2026
· 2 min read
Ebola
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus heads for Ituri province where epidemic is centred and calls for halt to fighting that hampers medical relief effortsThe deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of…
May 29, 2026
· 1 min read
Trump administration
Monitors estimate 17,500 people have been sent to countries they may never have visited – and where they could face further dangerJosé Yugar-Cruz spent 17 months in a county jail…
May 28, 2026
· 1 min read
Global development
Medics battling the incurable disease in Democratic Republic of the Congo working in ‘agonising’ conditionsWhen Dr Vladimir Maduali died of Ebola in the early hours of Sunday morning, he was…
May 28, 2026
· 1 min read
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns of ‘catastrophic collision of disease and conflict’, as Uganda closes border with DRCThe head of the World Health Organization has called for an immediate ceasefire in…
May 27, 2026
· 1 min read
News
'We are urgently scaling up operations.'
May 25, 2026
· 5 min read
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Director general of World Health Organization urges neighbouring countries to take immediate actionThe World Health Organization has warned that the Ebola outbreak is outpacing response efforts and countries neighbouring the…
May 25, 2026
· 1 min read
Democratic Republic of the Congo
There have been arson attacks on Ebola treatment centres in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, exposing the anger in a region beset by violence linked to armed rebel groups.…
May 25, 2026
· 1 min read
Ebola
World Health Organization says outbreak poses ‘very high’ risk for Congo, but risk of disease spreading globally remains lowCongolese authorities say that suspected Ebola cases have now passed 900 in…
May 24, 2026
· 1 min read