By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Monde
The Ebola epidemic has caused more than 5,300 deaths in Africa, with an overwhelming majority in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Declared in May, the outbreak also affected Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria, according to Le Monde.
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The Ebola outbreak in Africa is prompting tighter border checks and reports of suspected cases in Nigeria.
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2 NovTwo suspected Ebola cases ruled out in NigeriaThe Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has passed 5,000 deaths, with more than 10,300 confirmed cases in eight provinces. The Congolese health ministry says the epicentre remains in Ituri, where conflict is complicating the fight against the virus, according to government data.
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The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo had caused 5,372 deaths among 10,414 confirmed cases by 30 October, a case fatality rate of 51.6%, according to the latest report from the National Institute of Biomedical Research. Authorities attribute the rise in deaths to a retrospective data adjustment, Africa News reports.
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The NGO Journaliste en danger (JED) says rumours about Ebola are making access to reliable information more difficult and may discourage people from seeking care in DR Congo. Its 2026 report recalls that the Bundibugyo strain epidemic, declared on 15 May, had recorded 8,978 confirmed cases and 4,336 deaths by 10 October, according to official figures cited by Actualite.cd.
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The Bundibugyo virus Ebola outbreak in the DRC has reached 10,351 cases and 5,026 deaths, according to the Congolese health ministry and Rwanda News Agency. Ituri and North Kivu account for most of the outbreaks, and about a third of victims are believed to have died outside healthcare facilities, according to the WHO. Rwanda News Agency says 1,101 people are receiving treatment or in quarantine and eight provinces are affected.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Africanews ·
DR Congo investigates mining fraud after 500 seizuresDR Congo’s Justice Minister, Guillaume Ngefa Atondoko Andali, has ordered investigations into alleged mining fraud in Lualaba and Haut-Katanga. An inter-agency mission seized more than 500 trucks and several thousand tonnes of copper and cobalt there, according to a ministry statement published on 2 November.
Two-year-old child dies in well in MakokouA two-year-old child was found dead in a well in the Mbolo 3 neighbourhood of Makokou, in north-eastern Gabon. His family reported him missing after a series of trips to the family home and to an unwell relative’s home, according to the Gabonese Press Agency, citing a family source.The week in Africa
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