CAPTION: A security guard takes a students body temperature from a student recently. (File photo). By Our reporter KAMPALA – The Ministry of Education and Sports has given schools a one-week grace period to fully implement Ebola Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) following fresh cases linked to the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of […]
By Victor Akumu BELGUM – Democratic Republic of the Congo have reportedly refused to comply with a United States demand requiring the team to enter a 21-day isolation period before travelling for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The directive comes amid concerns over an Ebola outbreak in the country, with US authorities warning that failure to follow strict […]
CAPTION: Health workers carry a coffin of an Ebola victim in Ituri, DR Congo. (File photo). Africa CDC says restrictions could increase public health risks and highlight ‘deeper structural injustice’ in global healthA US travel ban for people coming from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in response to the Ebola outbreak could […]
CAPTION: An angry crowd set fire to Ebola isolation tents at a hospital in DR Congo Friday, May 22nd, 2026. (Courtesy Photo). By Susmita ModakDR CONGO – An angry crowd set fire to Ebola isolation tents at a hospital in DR Congo after a local man died from the virus, highlighting rising fear, misinformation and challenges […]
CAPTION: President Museveni (C) poses for a photograph with the CDC delegation during a meeting at State House Entebe on Friday (PPU photo). By Our reporter ENTEBBE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has met a delegation from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) at State House, Entebbe. The delegation briefed […]
CAPTION: President William Ruto speaking on Friday at State House Mombasa. (Courtesy photo). By Chritabel AdhiamboNAIROBI – President William Ruto has defended the government-to-government (G-to-G) fuel import arrangement, saying the framework has shielded Kenya from a deeper fuel and foreign exchange crisis amid ongoing global oil market disruptions.Ruto said the arrangement has guaranteed uninterrupted fuel supply […]
By Prosper Heri Ngorora GOMA, DR CONGO – Sadiki Patrick, 40, is still grappling with the loss of his 15-year-old daughter, Judith, in Mongbwalu, a mining town in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Judith is one of the latest victims of Ebola as the country battles yet another outbreak, the seventeenth in just […]
By AgenciesKINSHASA – Health officials have raised the alarm over an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the continent’s top public health body, said on Friday that it has recorded 246 suspected Ebola cases and 65 deaths in the […]