In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a seventeenth Ebola outbreak has claimed more than two thousand lives across five provinces in under three months — a pace that has no precedent in the disease's recorded history. The Bundibugyo variant, for which no approved vaccine or treatment exists, has found fertile ground in a landscape fractured by conflict, weakened health infrastructure, and deep communal mistrust of outside intervention. The World Health Organisation has named it a global emergency, and neighbouring Uganda has already seen cases cross the border. Humanity has faced this virus bef
Congo's Ebola outbreak surpasses 2,000 deaths as fastest-spreading epidemic accelerates
Over 2,000 confirmed deaths from Ebola across five provinces in Democratic Republic of Congo, with 4,381 confirmed cases and ongoing rapid transmission.