All of Africa Today - August 4, 2026
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New Centre Opens At Heart of Record Ebola Outbreak
UN News
New UN-backed centres will serve eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as confirmed Ebola cases continued to climb sharply over the weekend in the largest ever outbreak of… Read more »
All of Africa Today - August 3, 2026
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China Sends Third Medical Expert Team to DR Congo for Ebola Response
AIM
China's third medical expert team for the Ebola response arrived in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on Saturday to support the country's efforts to… Read more »
U.S. Senators Urge Rubio to Address Impact of Ebola Outbreak on Women [press release]
United States Senate
Yesterday, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio… Read more »
Hunger Hampers Ebola Response As Cases Top 3,200 in DR Congo
UN News
The UN emergency food agency appealed for immediate funding on Wednesday, warning that deepening hunger is undermining the response to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic… Read more »
All of Africa Today - July 21, 2026
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Dual Crises in Eastern DRC As Ebola Surges and Hunger Deepens
IPS
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is battling the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record, with United Nations officials warning that hunger is actively undermining efforts… Read more »
Conflicts Can Spread Infectious Diseases While Making Outbreaks Harder to Detect [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The Ebola outbreak that emerged in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and crossed into neighbouring Uganda may have been killing people for weeks before the alarm was raised.… Read more »
After an Ebola Centre Was Attacked, Peacekeepers Moved in Next Door
UN News
A new mobile UN peacekeeping base in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has allowed local authorities to continue responding to the fast-moving Ebola outbreak there after… Read more »
DR Congo Records 3,200 Ebola Cases, 1,405 Deaths As Outbreak Worsens
Premium Times
The report, which covers data up to Saturday, showed that 571 patients have recovered, while 773 others remain in isolation and under medical supervision Read more »
Africa CDC Urges U.S. to Lift Uganda Ebola Travel Restrictions
Independent (Kampala)
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has called on the United States to lift travel restrictions imposed on Uganda following its recent Ebola… Read more »
Ebola Cases in DR Congo May Be Four Times Official Tally, Says Who
RFI
The true number of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo is at least double, and possibly four times, the official tally, the World Health Organization's emergencies… Read more »
Delayed Containment of Ebola Could Cost DR Congo and Uganda Billions [analysis]
ISS
Over US$700 million in additional health financing is needed to rapidly contain and prevent a wider regional crisis. Read more »
Epidemic Coalition Focuses on Bundibugyo Ebola Vaccine [interview]
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The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been labelled the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever, not only among the previous Bundibugyo outbreaks.… Read more »
