A healthcare worker walks by a young patient inside an Ebola treatment center in Beni, North Kivu Province, Congo, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. Sebastien Kitsa Musayi/AP hide caption toggle caption i Sebastien Kitsa Musayi/AP BUNIA, Congo — Congo’s Ebola outbreak has topped 11,000 cases, the government said Wednesday, a stark figure that underscores the severity
Glamorgan batter Asa Tribe has been barred from joining the England Lions squad in the West Indies because of a recent trip to Kenya. Tribe played three one-day matches for Jersey in Nairobi in late October, lining up against Kuwait and Papua New Guinea, as well as against the hosts. He was then due to
More than 5,000 people have died from an ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, government data shows. Eight of 26 provinces are now affected, with more than 10,300 confirmed cases. The outbreak, which started in May, became the country’s deadliest in its history in August, public health officials said. The current case
Marie Bakikula, a caregiver at a UNICEF-supported nursery in Mongbwalu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, works at an emergency nursery for Ebola orphans. Marie Ruwet/AFP/via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption i Marie Ruwet/AFP/via Getty Images The fastest spreading Ebola outbreak in history has surpassed another grim milestone. More than 10,000 people have been
Ugandans returning from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo will be quarantined for 21 days, the health ministry has said, as the country tightens restrictions to contain the spread of Ebola virus. More than 4,800 people have died in DR Congo since May – the country’s deadliest outbreak of the disease – and has since spread
The US has warned its citizens against travelling to Kenya, while neighbouring countries such as Uganda, Ethiopia and Somalia are also on alert. Ebola is a rare but deadly disease, external caused by a virus. As the disease progresses, vomiting and diarrhoea develop and it can lead to organ failure. Some, but not all, patients
