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West African countries put citizens on high alert as Guinea declares new Ebola epidemic

The World Health Organization (WHO) has alerted West African nations to watch out for potential cases of Ebola. The alert was issued to six nations in the region after Ebola cases were recorded in the...

The selfless Liberian politician who became an ambulance driver for Ebola patients

In May 2015, after a torturous battle with the most-deadliest outbreak of Ebola for 14 months, Liberians were finally able to dance in the streets after being officially declared Ebola-free, and this was...

World’s deadliest ongoing Ebola outbreak in DR Congo declared over

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared over the deadly Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo after 22 months, 2287 deaths and 1171 survivors in an active conflict zone. According to the WHO,...

Fresh outbreak of Ebola virus in DRC kills 11 people from 17 recorded cases

Although the last West African Ebola virus epidemic began in 2013 ending on June 9, 2016, its impact adversely impacted household incomes exacerbating the poverty numbers in the countries hardest hit by...

New Ebola epidemic in DR Congo amid COVID-19 and measles fight

As the world battles the novel coronavirus with scientists working around the clock to discover a vaccine, the Democratic Republic of Congo is battling with the deadly Ebola virus again. This comes about...

Ada Igonoh, the only female medical doctor to have survived Nigeria’s Ebola outbreak in 2014

When Nigeria recorded its first case of the deadly Ebola virus in 2014, a number of health professionals who came into contact with the first patient, including senior doctor Ameyo Stella Adadevoh, tested...

New Ebola case confirmed in DRC days before planning to declare outbreak over

Just days before the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was expected to declare an end to the Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that a new case of the virus has been confirmed....

COVID-19: Read Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s open letter on why the world shouldn’t commit similar mistakes like Ebola

Former president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, is asking world leaders not to commit similar mistakes during the Ebola era in the current fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Sirleaf was faced...

Fmr DR Congo health minister jailed 5 years for stealing Ebola funds

Democratic Republic of Congo’s former health minister Oly Illunga has been sentenced five years. Illunga was sentenced with hard labor alongside his financial advisor for stealing funds meant for...

Last Ebola patient in DRC discharged

The last Ebola patient has been discharged from a treatment center in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The woman identified as Masiko, according to WHO office, is seen in a video walking out of the facility...

New cases of Ebola confirmed in DR Congo

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed six new cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, already Africa’s country to be worst-hit by the virus. The reports are the first on record...

United Kingdom issues travel warning on Tanzania over ‘non-existent’ Ebola case

The UK has issued a travel warning on Tanzania following concerns of possible Ebola outbreak in the East Africa country. The warning comes as pressure is being mounted on Tanzania’s authorities to...

Ebola now curable, thanks to Congolese doctor behind treatment that ‘cures symptoms in just an hour’

“I spent four decades of my life thinking how to treat patients with the Ebola virus. So this is the achievement of my life,” Dr Jean-Jacques Muyembe, who with his team of researchers, has...

1,440 dead in recent Ebola outbreak. Do we have another epidemic on our hand?

In the second week of March this year, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) reported 58 new Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo. At the time, it was the highest number in a week since the...

5-yr-old boy is first to die of latest Ebola outbreak in Uganda as the disease spreads

A 5-year-old boy who was diagnosed with Ebola has died Wednesday in Uganda, becoming the first to die of the disease outside the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since the current outbreak began last...

Forced to have sex in exchange for Ebola vaccines, DRC women speak up

Women in the Democratic Republic of Congo claim they are being asked for sexual favours in exchange for vaccination against the deadly Ebola virus that has killed over 500 people since it hit the country...

Meet the woman who risked her life to save Nigeria from an Ebola epidemic in 2014

The year was 2014 and the deadly Ebola virus was spreading like wildfire through West Africa. For Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, there were no recorded cases of the deadly Ebola virus in...

No African country but Guinea helped in cash or kind to end DRC’s recent Ebola outbreak

As the world celebrates the end of the ninth Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which was declared on May 8, 2018, it is sad to note that Guinea is the only African country that contributed...

The effective response to Ebola in DR Congo proves Africa is capable of solving its problems

Ebola has been a thorn in the side of the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the most recent outbreak in May being one of the most challenging so far. Fortunately, the country has just declared the crisis...

DR Congo begins vaccination as nurse succumbs to Ebola

The Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday began its Ebola vaccination program, a day after a nurse in the northwestern town of Bikoro died. The vaccine, which has not yet been licensed, went through...