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Ebola outbreak poses massive challenges, warns senior charity official

Red Cross volunteers who died](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c759knxln0wo) earlier this month were among the first known victims of DR Congo's Ebola outbreak

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

Volunteers carry disinfectant containers and sanitation equipment outside a hospital in Mongbwalu. Photograph: Michel Lunanga/Getty Images According to a study by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) this year, more than half

WHO raises Ebola public health risk to ‘very high’ in DR Congo

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

DR Congo Ebola cases rise amid distrust, armed conflict zone

victim at the Rwampara Cemetery, in Rwampara, Congo, May 23, 2026. **Moses Sawasawa/AP** Moses Sawasawa/AP KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo—Health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are scrambling to contain an outbreak