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Ebola deaths in Congo top 500 as health workers threaten to strike

At least 500 people have died out of more than 1,500 confirmed cases in Congo’s Ebola outbreak, authorities said, as frontline workers threatened to...

Ebola cases in Congo outbreak top 1,000 with 254 deaths, authorities say

Confirmed cases in the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have passed the 1,000 mark, including 254 deaths, officials said. A...

Democratic Republic of the Congo announces new Ebola outbreak

The Democratic Republic of the Congo health ministry has announced a new Ebola outbreak, the 16th in the central African country, after a case...

80 alleged abuse cases linked to WHO’s response to Ebola in DR Congo – report

A panel commissioned by the World Health Organisation has identified more than 80 alleged cases of sex abuse during the UN health agency’s response...

Second person dies from Ebola in Congo city

A second person has died of Ebola in Congo’s major city of Goma. The death has raised fears the virus could spread beyond the country’s...

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo declared a global health emergency

The World Health Organisation says the deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now an international health emergency. A WHO expert committee...

UN says Ebola not yet a global emergency

The World Health Organisation says the Ebola virus outbreak in Congo — which spread to Uganda — does not yet merit being declared a...

DR Congo pastor ‘likely to have sparked Ebola outbreak spread to Uganda’

The Congolese pastor who is thought to have caused the Ebola outbreak’s spread into Uganda was unknown to health officials before he died of...

Uganda confirms first Ebola case outside DR Congo outbreak

Uganda’s health ministry says a patient has tested positive for Ebola in what is the first cross-border case of the deadly virus since an...

13 killed and children abducted by rebels in Ebola outbreak region

Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed 13 civilians and abducted a dozen children in an attack at the centre of the...

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