Ebola

Congo politician beaten to death after urging Ebola prevention on radio, party says

A worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) disinfects a desk at the Kitatumba Ebola treatment center run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo species, in Butembo, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, September 23, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Congo Ebola contact tracing falls far short as outbreak spreads, Africa CDC chief says

A worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) disinfects a desk at the Kitatumba Ebola treatment center run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo species, in Butembo, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, September 23, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Mpox case confirmed in northeastern Congolese city at center of Ebola outbreak

A test tube labelled \"Mpox virus positive\" is held in this illustration taken August 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Moving target: How mistrust is fuelling a deadly Ebola hotspot in east Congo

A nurse at the Kitatumba Ebola treatment center disinfects himself after treating an Ebola patient at the facility run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo species, in Butembo, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, September 23, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

One dead after security forces open fire during Ebola burial in Congo, sources say

US pledges $267 million more to fight Ebola in central Africa

FILE PHOTO: A Congolese medical worker dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) walks within the emergency unit at the Katwa Ebola treatment center, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in the Mutiri quarter of Butembo, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, September 10, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Ebola outbreak in Congo is still serious, African health body says

FILE PHOTO: A Congolese medical worker dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) walks within the emergency unit at the Katwa Ebola treatment center, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in the Mutiri quarter of Butembo, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, September 10, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Ebola response making progress in Congo, but outbreak 'far from over,' WHO says

FILE PHOTO: A drone view of workers at the Ceca-20 cemetery, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus, in Mungwalu, Djugu Territory of Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 14, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

UN sees some progress in DR Congo’s Ebola fight, but too early to call peak

Butembo in DR Congo’s North Kivu province, where cases are still rising fast.

Ebola infections top 7,000 in Congo as virus spreads to new province

Congolese medical workers carrying children tested and cleared off from Ebola from Saint Nicholas orphanage on June 9.

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