By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on RFI
Bunia International Airport, in Ituri, will not reopen in the coming weeks because of the Ebola outbreak: it will remain closed at least until 8 February 2027. No commercial flight has been scheduled since 23 May, according to a note from the Air Navigation Authority reported by RFI.
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Commercial flights remain suspended at Bunia, and violence in Ituri is hampering the health response to the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo.
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10 NovEbola: violence in Ituri hampers health response in DR CongoCommercial flights to and from Bunia in Ituri province, DR Congo, will remain suspended until 8 February 2027, according to Le Potentiel. This new extension, in force from 8 November 2026, comes during the response to the Ebola outbreak, which had recorded 9,552 confirmed cases and 4,602 deaths as of 18 October.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Le Potentiel ·
Medical teams are running four clinical trials in Bunia, in Ituri, to assess vaccines and treatments against Ebola in DR Congo. The tests aim to curb the outbreak and improve the survival chances of patients, according to 7info.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: 7info ·
Kenya, which has recorded no new confirmed cases for three weeks, is preparing for the 42-day period before a possible end of the outbreak, with WHO support. Nine cases are linked to an imported cluster reported on 6 October 2026, with no community transmission detected, according to Maroc Diplomatique.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Maroc Diplomatique ·
Acting UN Humanitarian Coordinator in DR Congo, Alain Akpadji, warns of new clashes reported since Sunday 8 November in the Fataki health zone in Ituri. According to RFI, insecurity is disrupting humanitarian and health operations in a province that accounts for nearly 70% of confirmed Ebola cases.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: RFI ·
FRIVAO holds extraordinary session in Kinshasa from 10 to 14 NovemberThe board of FRIVAO, the fund to compensate victims of Ugandan army activities between 1998 and 2003, has opened a five-day extraordinary session in Kinshasa. Its acting chairman Dismas Kitenge Senga wants to speed up reparations and turn the page on controversies over the management of funds, according to Beto.
In Brazzaville, women with vesicovaginal fistula offered free treatmentProf. Steve Ondziel, a urologist at the Brazzaville University Hospital, called on 10 November for women suffering from vesicovaginal fistula to seek free treatment. He recommends that pregnant women attend regular antenatal check-ups to prevent the condition, according to ACI.The week in Africa
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