By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on RFI
More than 300 Kenyan workers with valid permits were turned back on arrival in Saudi Arabia after the border was closed to travellers from Kenya because of Ebola cases. The measure, announced on 30 October, has left hundreds of workers recruited in the kingdom in uncertainty, according to RFI.
Kenya deems Saudi Arabia’s travel restrictions excessive after an imported Ebola case. The 135 contacts of the patient were identified, including 118 placed in quarantine, and the eight confirmed cases are linked to the initial case, with no community transmission; no new case has been reported since 19 October, according to Kenyans.co.ke, Tuko and Citizen Digital.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Kenyans.co.ke ·
Kenya wants to refer Saudi Arabia’s suspension of visas and entry ban to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Nairobi says the nine Ebola cases are linked to one cluster and requests scientific justification, according to Capital FM.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Capital FM ·
Travellers flying to the United States must now certify that they have not stayed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the 21 days before departure, including in the event of a Congolese transit. The measure took effect on the evening of 3 November and provides for refusal of boarding without a certificate or exemption, according to the CDC.
🇺🇸 United States · Source: Bénin Web TV ·
Cameroonian authorities ordered the temporary closure and sealing of the Metafrique Steel factory in Douala-Bassa, the day after a fire that killed four people. The measure came after the explosion at the site, according to Actu Cameroun.
🇨🇲 Cameroon · Source: Actu Cameroun ·
Five Ebola patients recover as 46 contacts leave quarantine in KenyaFive patients with Bundibugyo Ebola were declared cured and left hospital in Kenya on 3 November 2026; 46 contacts also completed quarantine. The outbreak total remains nine confirmed cases and two deaths, with no new case since 19 October, according to Kenya’s health ministry.
Madagascar accounts for 75% of global plague casesMadagascar accounts for about 75% of the world's recorded plague cases, according to the Malagasy Public Health Ministry. The plague season, which usually runs from September to April, began with five suspected cases and three deaths in Andranolalina, in Midongy Atsimo district, according to health authorities.The week in Africa
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