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In the Salamat region of Chad, farmers are resuming their activities as the waters of the Bahr-Azoum, a seasonal river used for fishing and agriculture, recede. The article examines the risks and benefits of using herbicides to clear fields, according to Tchadinfos.
Source: Tchadinfos
Lympie C speaks about her fight against the pain and stigma associated with sickle cell disease, while Bridget Moyo, national coordinator of the Break Sickle Cycle Organisation, denounces beliefs linking the disease to witchcraft. These prejudices make diagnosis, care and support for patients more difficult, according to Malawi News.
Source: Nyasa Times
Central African Minister of Health and Population Pierre Somsé met British ambassador to DR Congo Kit Smith on 28 September 2026 to discuss preparedness for the risk of Ebola. Talks focused in particular on health surveillance in the Central African Republic, according to Oubangui Médias.
Source: Oubangui Médias
Rainfall since Monday has brought the number of flooded homes in five neighbourhoods of Xai-Xai, Mozambique, to 400. The affected families are calling for swift action from the municipality, which currently has only 350 plots available for their resettlement, according to O País.
Source: Opais
The fall of a lorry has blocked the Road of Hope, 12 kilometres west of Boutilimit, in Mauritania. The disruption affects an important road and traffic in the area, according to the information available in the supplied article.
Source: Alakhbar
Desmet Hospital of Kisangani, in the Makiso commune, has been temporarily closed for 21 days after Ebola virus disease cases were confirmed. The measure also affects a nursery school in Kisangani, as part of health restrictions linked to the outbreak, according to the source published on 29 September 2026.
Source: Actualité.cd
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has now exceeded 8,000, according to Mosaïque FM. The threshold marks a further increase in the outbreak, declared in May, despite international health assistance.
Source: Mosaïque FM
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease that affects the joints and can lead to the progressive destruction of cartilage and bone. The disease can appear at any age, but is particularly common between the ages of 40 and 60, with significant functional, social and professional repercussions, according to Nigerinter.
Source: Niger Inter
At the Boy-Rabe health centre in Bangui, healthcare workers are seeing the close link between tuberculosis and HIV infection. As tuberculosis cases rise, HIV testing is being integrated into patient care, according to Corbeau News Centrafrique.
Source: Corbeaunews Centrafrique
At least four fires were reported in Bukavu on Monday 21 September, including in the Nyalukemba neighbourhood in Ibanda commune, leaving several people dead. The recurrence of such disasters in the capital of South Kivu is fuelling residents’ anger and concern, according to RFI.
Source: RFI
Médecins Sans Frontières warns that Ebola treatment centres in Butembo and Katwa, in North Kivu in DR Congo, are overwhelmed, with patients being treated in unsuitable facilities or returning to their communities. The NGO also denounces a lack of humanitarian actors and resources, according to MSF.
Source: RFI
Twenty-six children who died in a school fire were buried at a collective funeral held on Monday 14 September in Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Hundreds of people attended, while UNICEF and local authorities called for an investigation to be opened, according to Africanews.
Source: Africanews
Judith Suminwa Tuluka, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has urged the Ebola response team to sustain its efforts amid the observed downward trend. She spoke at the 98th meeting of the Council of Ministers, according to the official report.
Source: Actualité.cd
Congolese National Assembly member Iracan Gratien de Saint-Nicolas believes gaps in epidemiological surveillance contributed to Ebola’s rapid spread in Ituri. Speaking at a press conference in Bunia, he called for lessons to be learned from these shortcomings, according to Taarifa Rwanda.
Source: Taarifa
Ivory Coast’s National Institute of Public Health says vaccination has helped improve surveillance of Ebola virus disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus. The Health Emergency Operations Centre (COUSP) presented the epidemiological situation at a monitoring briefing, according to information published by the institute.
Source: Actualité.cd
A fire in Bukavu, DR Congo, killed at least 27 pupils in the Kadutu district and seriously injured several others. The tragedy occurred on Thursday on Kasheke Avenue, where victims were reportedly trampled or suffocated in the panic, RFI reports.
Source: RFI
The Ebola response team considers the epidemic to be under control and says the peak has passed. However, the situation report records 39 deaths in 24 hours and contact tracing below the stated threshold, according to figures published in the article.
Source: Beto
The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo says the peak of the Ebola epidemic has passed and that the epidemic curve is declining. More than 70,000 vaccine doses were received after a technical meeting chaired by Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka, according to BETO.
Source: Beto
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