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Inside war-hit Sudan’s only functioning hospital curing tropical diseases

infectious diseases spreading in Sudan, where a [three-year war](https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2026/sudan-under-fire/) between the Sudanese

Ebola outbreak kills 65 people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sudan. Officials at the [Africa](https://www.theguardian.com/world/africa) Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said they were concerned about the risk of further spread. The area is home to mining towns where people

The crisis is Sudan is much worse than what is acknowledged

infectious diseases. The war has created the world’s biggest hunger crisis, where 29 million people, 62 percent of the population, now don’t have enough food. And famine continues to spread. Local community kitchens

Red Cross volunteers die from suspected Ebola in DR Congo

infectious after death. DR Congo's neighbour, Uganda, has also reported cases of the virus. On Saturday, its health ministry confirmed three new cases - bringing the number of confirmed infections there to five. The same

Police fire shots in air to disperse angry crowds at DR Congo Ebola treatment centre

infectious and can lead to the virus spreading further when prepared for burial. There have been more than 900 suspected Ebola cases in the current outbreak and 220 suspected deaths, officials say. According to Mongwalu

Ebola outbreak: When will a vaccine be developed for the new strain?

Infectious Diseases and School of Public Health at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, told Al Jazeera. “While Bundibugyo has caused fewer outbreaks historically, it is still a very serious pathogen. Prior outbreaks have

UK scientists developing new Ebola vaccine that could be ready in months

disease. The vaccine does not cause an infection or Ebola symptoms, but trains the immune system to give protection. The BBC understands that animal testing is already under way in Oxford. The Serum Institute

U.S. passengers flying from Ebola-affected countries rerouted

Sudan or the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the past 21 days must fly into IAD, an airport in a Virginia suburb of Washington, DC. Two additional U.S. airport [options were added](https://www.cbp.gov

US is ‘simply choosing not to stop’ Ebola outbreak after massive public health cuts, experts say

Sudan. The outbreak “might have been going on for a few months”, said Kristian Andersen, a professor of immunology and microbiology at Scripps Research. The outbreak was immediately [declared](https://www.who.int/news/item/17-05-2026-epidemic-of-ebola-disease-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-uganda-determined-a-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern) a public health