Ebola Outbreak Escalation in Congoactive

Infection rates are high, adding to concern that authorities are struggling to get to grips with the disease.

WHO vaccine experts on Friday recommended a full-scale human trial of the only existing approved Ebola vaccine to see if it offers cross-protection against a deadly strain spreading in the DR Congo.

New reported cases of Ebola are outpacing the response capabilities from international health partners, a top World Health Organization (WHO) official said this week.  WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the “outbreak is spreading faster than our scale up of the response” in a statement shared on social media following a Wednesday meeting with health…

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus emphasized that the trust of local communities and their willingness to engage in epidemiological measures is key to containing the outbreak

Several people ended up in the river after an important bridge collapsed on June 3 in the village of Hombo in the eastern part of the DRC. The bridge is one of the failing critical infrastructures in a territory that is home to one of the most lucrative mines in the region.

Over the last 24 hours, 20 people have died of Ebola

A violent militia that controls large swaths of Congolese territory in the east may use the virus to try to bolster its authority.

The Ebola death toll has reached 580

The average case fatality rate is around 32.4%

The case fatality rate stands at 31.4%

“My cuisine is a bridge between Congo, my home country, and France,” says Marie-Clarisse, a home cook turned professional chef by Meet My Mama, a French start-up that's serving up fusion food for world class events. Valérie Gauriat discovers the recipe of their success.

A treatment trial for the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo ​enrolled its first patient on Thursday, marking a milestone in efforts to combat the epidemic, WHO chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters.

Safe interment is critical to containing the deadly disease, but in recent days around one Congolese town, that was not always being done.

Opposition politicians accuse the government of using the outbreak to halt a planned protest.

Confirmed Ebola cases currently stand at 1,203, with 48 cases added to the tally during the past day

Confirmed Ebola cases currently stand at 1,118

The patient is in isolation, following strict biosafety protocols to prevent risk of spread in France.

Tested positive; his condition is stable. He has been transferred to a specialized hospital.

At least 30 people have died since the start of May in one camp for displaced civilians in northeastern Congo, a death rate that camp officials said was unprecedented, with some confirmed to have died from Ebola in a sign the disease could be spreading fast there. It was not possible to confirm the causes of all the deaths because patients or their relatives in Kigonze camp in Bunia – the epicentre of the Ebola ‌outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo – had until Thursday refused testing, a...

Families of suspected Ebola patients in DR Congo stormed a quarantine centre, removing patients.

Mozambique's journalists are facing growing pressure after years of killings, disappearances and attacks that have gone unpunished. Violence against reporters intensified after disputed 2024 elections, while a long-running system of intimidation has reached a new peak. This sixth instalment of Mozambique Exposed – an investigation coordinated by Forbidden Stories to which RFI contributed – examines how that climate of fear is reshaping the country's media.

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Almost a decade after an Islamist insurgency erupted in Mozambique's northern Cabo Delgado province, few reports on the conflict are emerging from the region. This third instalment of Mozambique Exposed – an investigation coordinated by Forbidden Stories, to which RFI contributed – hears from journalists and activists facing intimidation and violence.

Women bear the brunt of DRC's Ebola outbreak.

Tthe organization called for an immediate expansion of testing capacity, an increase in international medical and humanitarian support, and unimpeded access to affected areas

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Ituri on Saturday to back the response against a rare Ebola strain. With over 1,000 suspected cases and 246 deaths, Tedros emphasised the critical need for community work.

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus traveled to Bunia, in DR Congo on Saturday to show his support to the residents of the capital of Ituri Province, the epicentre of a severe Ebola virus outbreak. There have been at least 1,077 suspected cases in the country since the outbreak was declared on May 15.

WHO's Tedros calls for a community-led fight as a rare Ebola strain spreads rapidly through conflict-hit eastern DRC.

While much of the international spotlight remains fixed on conflict in eastern DR Congo and renewed fears around Ebola outbreaks, some members of the Congolese diaspora are choosing to return home and invest. Jean Luc Luboya Tshishimbi, the CEO of Bio Happy Farms, shares his perspective – that of an entrepreneur betting on opportunity despite instability.

UN health chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday visited Bunia in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - where a severe Ebola outbreak has been declared.

WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is visiting Bunia in the DRC, the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak.

The number of suspected cases of Ebola continues to rise by the day... now above the thousand mark. On the ground, Congolese authorities are scrambling to provide protective equipment which is in short supply, and to establish trust within communities to help fight the spread of the virus. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is visiting Bunia today. Details by Camille Knight.

WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that the global risk from the disease remained low.

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Friday that "violence and insecurity" have hampered the response to the Ebola outbreak in Congo, which he called "deeply worrisome." Fires broke out at an Ebola treatment center in Rwampara after people were prevented from retrieving the body of a local man, The Associated Press reported. Bodies infected with…

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