Confirmed Ebola cases top 2,000 in Congo, including 754 deaths
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe confirmed cases of Ebola in Congo have reached 2,011, including 754 deaths, according to government data released overnight Read More
Maternal mortality doubles in Ebola outbreak zone as mothers avoid hospitals
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe number of women dying in childbirth has doubled in the region at the centre of the Ebola outbreak as expectant mothers…
Exclusive - US to block citizens in Congo from immediate travel home, citing Ebola
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Trump administration on Monday said it is blocking American citizens in the Democratic Republic of Congo from traveling to the U.S….
Misinformation fuelling violent attacks on Ebola health workers
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Reading Time: < 1 minute“They grabbed me from behind and started punching me, hitting me with spades and machetes,” says Daniel Uyirwoth Welo, one of four…
Congo Ebola outbreak faces chaos as frontline workers threaten strike
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrontline workers battling Congo’s escalating Ebola outbreak have threatened to strike on Monday over unpaid benefits and dire working conditions, as the…
Mob burns Ebola treatment centre in eastern Congo, killing policeman
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA mob set fire to an Ebola treatment centre in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving one police officer dead and two…
Ebola reaches France as doctor tests positive and outbreak claims hundreds of lives
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA first case of Ebola has been reported in France with a doctor returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo testing positive….
Newborn at Congo orphanage dies of Ebola, highlighting risks faced by children
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter her mother died in late May, baby Buswaza was brought to a church-run orphanage in eastern Congo where the nuns quickly…
Kenyan police crack down on protest against US Ebola quarantine facility
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteKenyan police fired tear gas on Tuesday and detained protesters demonstrating against a quarantine centre for Americans exposed to Ebola that the…
As Congo grapples with Ebola, volunteers cook up meals to support patients and health workers
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Arlette Basekawike, a volunteer for the United Nations food agency in Bunia, the heart of Congo’s Ebola outbreak, spends most of her time in…