By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Monde
In Bunia, in eastern DR Congo, clinical trials are assessing several vaccines and medicines against Ebola to protect populations and improve patients’ chances of survival. The research comes as the epidemic is hitting the region hard, reports Le Monde.
A grenade was discovered this weekend outside the entrance to the Beni Health Zone Office, in North Kivu, according to health authorities. The discovery comes as the region faces an Ebola outbreak and armed violence, reports Actualite.cd.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Actualité.cd ·
Journaliste en danger reports two physical attacks against journalists within 48 hours in Oïcha, North Kivu, and Bafwasende, Tshopo, as they worked on information related to Ebola. The first journalist was beaten and hospitalised before being discharged on 5 November, according to JED.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Beto ·
Justin Kataliko, a nurse at Les Bernadins clinic in Beni, died on 5 November 2026 from Ebola. The death comes a week after two young Congolese doctors died and adds to several deaths among healthcare workers in eastern DR Congo, Actualite.cd reports.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Actualité.cd ·
Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is investigating complaints about medicine shortages in hospitals and clinics. She is particularly questioning possible deliberate disruption of the supply chain, as stocks at the Central Medical Stores remained below set targets, according to Windhoek Observer.
🇳🇦 Namibia · Source: Windhoek Observer ·
AFCON 2027: Willy Kambwala ruled out, Magloire Ntambwe called upThe Congolese Football Federation confirmed that injured Willy Kambwala is ruled out and will be replaced by Magloire Ntambwe for the third and fourth rounds of the AFCON 2027 qualifiers. The TP Mazembe defender receives his first call-up with the Leopards ahead of two matches against Sierra Leone, according to Benin Web TV.
Ebola: Pierre Somsé warns of spread risk in Central African RepublicCentral African Health Minister Pierre Somsé warns of the risk of Ebola spreading from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where cases have been reported in Yakouma, near the Central African border. The minister also reports the epidemic front advancing in Haut-Uélé, near Bambouti and Obo, and calls for increased health vigilance, according to Centra News.The week in Africa
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