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‘Every health facility said they were full’: alarm over rapid spread of Ebola in DRC

Bunia, Nizi and Nyankunde areas found nearly a third of schools had registered at least one suspected Ebola case or close contact. On Saturday, the Red Cross said three of its volunteers who died this

Attacks from residents complicate the fight against a rare type of Ebola

Ebola, with no vaccine or treatment. The other is the anger and suspicion of residents who have pelted her with stones and verbal abuse in Bunia, a city at the heart of the outbreak

Ebola fears surge on the ground in Congo over rapid spread of a rare type

BUNIA, Congo — Anxious healthcare workers in eastern Congo said Wednesday they are underprotected and undertrained in a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak of a rare type of the virus in one of the world's most

Ebola death toll in DR Congo climbs to 101

Ebola in the DRC was announced on [May 15,](/news/2026/5/17/who-declares-ebola-outbreak-in-drc-uganda-a-global-emergency-what-to-know) though officials have since said it went undetected for weeks, leaving health authorities behind the curve and struggling to bring it under control. The outbreak

‘It is heartbreaking’: panic in eastern DRC over return of Ebola

Ebola in our region,” said Dieudonné Lossadekana, 51, a civil society coordinator in Bunia city, where the first suspected case was reported. “We’ve already recorded several dozen deaths. For us, it is heartbreaking

This Ebola outbreak raises questions about when it all began -- and the U.S. response

Bunia, DRC, who began experiencing fever, hemorrhaging, vomiting and intense malaise [on April 24](https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON602). That person later died, according to WHO. But it would take another three weeks before health officials officially

DRC flight suspension and Uganda border curbs isolate Ebola-hit Bunia

Ebola. The measures have affected transport and movement between eastern DRC and neighbouring Uganda, including areas close to Ituri province, further complicating travel and trade in the region. ![Bunia relies heavily on Uganda

Ebola testing has improved in DRC, but still isn't nearly enough

Bunia. [![TOPSHOT - A health worker from the Guinean Ministry of Health cleans a suspected contact of an Ebola patient's arm ahead of administering an anti-Ebola vaccine in Gueckedou, Guinea, on February

First Thing: Huge climate cost of emissions from US immigration enforcement flights

long ceasefire](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/26/us-strikes-iran-missile-sites-vessels-trump-peace-deal-elusive), as both sides played down hopes for an imminent peace deal even as negotiators from Tehran began new talks in Qatar. US forces targeted missile launch sites and boats attempting

A new Ebola outbreak has already killed 87 people

Bunia, Congo, Saturday, May 16, 2026. **Constant Same Bagalwa/AP** Constant Same Bagalwa/AP Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are concerned about an Ebola outbreak in the country's Ituri province. There

World Health Organization declares Ebola outbreak in Congo a global health emergency

Bunia, Congo, Saturday, May 16, 2026. **Constant Same Bagalwa/AP** Constant Same Bagalwa/AP The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a public health emergency of international

How health workers in DR Congo are treating Ebola and staying safe

Bunia, the provincial capital of Ituri, the epicentre of the outbreak, over the weekend and are expected to be in use soon. Another two Cubes are on their way to the city. Supplies