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Ebola treatment centre in Rwampara that a crowd set on fire on Thursday after authorities refused to hand over a victim’s body. Photograph: Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/Reuters Nearly 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths
Red Cross workers bury an Ebola victim at the Rwampara Cemetery, in Bunia, Congo, Saturday, May 23, 2026 [Moses Sawasawa/AP] ## Why are Kenyans protesting? Kenyans across the country are worried about the risks of importing
Ebola epidemic in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has not yet peaked and could last for another year, the Red Cross has warned. “The peak is, I think, not behind
DRC’s Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba said on Saturday. “This strain has a very high lethality rate, which can reach 50 percent.” The outbreak, the country’s seventeenth, was confirmed on Friday
Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said on Friday that volunteers are going door-to-door in the area at the centre of the outbreak, to combat misinformation about Ebola and explain how people
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Red Cross. The UNICEF office in Bunia said it had been sent an initial 16 tons of relief supplies, mainly disinfectants and soaps, personal protective equipment and water purification tablets and water tanks. Hela Skhiri