By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Actualité.cd
The last Ebola patient treated at the Kayna treatment centre, in Lubero territory, was declared cured on 2 November. Health authorities are nevertheless calling on the population to remain vigilant, Actualite.cd reports.
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4 NovWHO approves two Ebola vaccine trials in DR CongoA cholera outbreak in Isseirom, near Bol in Lac Province, has killed 15 of 147 people infected over five days. Four teams are treating patients as authorities step up disinfection, contact tracing and capacity, with support from WHO and UNICEF, Tchadinfos reports.
🇹🇩 Chad · Source: Tchadinfos ·
New clashes have pitted the FARDC against the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN) in Kibati, in the Luberike groupement of Walikale territory, North Kivu, since Thursday 5 November morning, according to Actualité.cd and Kivu Morning Post. Detonations were heard from 5am and the Congolese army was supported by Wazalendo militias, Kivu Morning Post reports.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Actualité.cd ·
A British healthcare worker who tested positive for Ebola in the DRC is due to be evacuated to the United Kingdom for specialist treatment; the worker is stable and the risk to the British public is considered low, according to Reuters, MyJoyOnline, 3News and The Guardian. The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo variant, exceeds 10,000 cases and 5,000 deaths and is described by The Guardian as the largest in the DRC’s history.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: SABC News ·
The FARDC, supported by the Wazalendo, have retaken Mahanga and Kilongo, two villages in Masisi territory, North Kivu, after two days of fighting against the FRN, Actualité.cd reports. Beto says control changed late on 4 November 2026, FRN fighters withdrew towards Kasopo and Congolese forces deployed in both villages.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Actualité.cd ·
Conflict and Ebola put DR Congo budget under pressure, IMF saysThe IMF says the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the response to Ebola are weighing on public finances, despite a deficit below the ceiling set at the end of June. The institution is urging Kinshasa to accelerate revenue collection and contain the wage bill, according to its 4 November statement.
Metafrique Steel remains closed in Douala after five deathsCameroonian minister Fuh Calistus Gentry has kept Metafrique Steel in Douala closed after the 2 November accident, which killed five people and seriously injured 12. An administrative and technical investigation is to establish responsibility, while authorities meeting on 4 November called for stronger safety standards, Actu Cameroun reports. Alwihda Info details the mobilisation of administrations, security forces and companies in the metallurgical sector.The week in Africa
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