By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Africanews
In Beni, DR Congo, the sudden death of a woman led her family to a traditional medicine clinic, which suggested she had been poisoned. The episode illustrates distrust of the health system and complicates the fight against Ebola, Africanews reports.
Uganda has banned non-essential travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and imposed a 21-day quarantine on returning citizens because of the Ebola outbreak. A nurse was also killed and another health worker injured in an attack in the north-east of the Congo, Radio Okapi reports.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Tuko ·
Madagascar is stepping up health surveillance for travellers arriving from Kenya, where Ebola cases have been detected, according to a source at the Ministry of Public Health. Direct flights between the two countries operate five times a week, and the ministry has reinforced its staff at Ivato airport, Lexpress reports.
🇲🇬 Madagascar · Source: Lexpress ·
The World Health Organisation is continuing to monitor 52 people potentially exposed to Ebola in Nigeria, despite the evacuation of the confirmed patient to Switzerland. The country can only be declared Ebola-free after 42 days without a new confirmed case, according to the WHO’s Nigerian office, cited by Vanguard.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Vanguard ·
The Nigerian Ebola patient, whose condition has improved significantly, was evacuated to Switzerland for treatment, Health Minister Ali Pate announced. She left Abuja on Monday with her spouse, while authorities are maintaining public health measures because she could still be contagious, the minister said.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Dailytrust ·
DR Congo National Assembly recommends Marie-Thérèse Sombo’s departureThe National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has recommended that Higher and University Education Minister Marie-Thérèse Sombo leave the government, following a parliamentary inquiry that identified suspected embezzlement involving fees paid by students. Prime Minister Judith Suminwa is due to receive the resolutions from 27 October and decide what action to take, according to Lepotentiel.
Sunken Prospector 5 off Gabon contains 280,000 litres of dieselThe Prospector 5 drilling rig, which sank off Mayumba in southern Gabon, contained 280,000 litres of diesel, raising fears of marine pollution if it leaks. Authorities are continuing to monitor the site and plan underwater inspections to check the tanks and assess how to secure the wreck, according to Infosgabon, citing Sika Finance.The week in Africa
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