Ope Adetayo

Head of the UN mission in Congo James Swan sanitizes his hands during his visit to Bunia to assess the response to the Ebola outbreak in Ituri province, Congo, Thursday, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

As Ebola spreads in Congo, a radio station tries to stop health misinformation

June 5, 2026 at 8:11 a.m.

The rare Bundibugyo type of Ebola that Congo is battling took locals by surprise after weeks of spreading unnoticed. Hundreds of cases were suspected when the outbreak was declared in...

A health worker disinfects passengers prior to their boarding of the World Food Programme’s (WFP) aircraft following the government’s announcement of Bunia National Airport’s reopening in Bunia, Congo, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

‘We’re still behind’ in Congo’s Ebola outbreak even as testing improves, WHO says

June 3, 2026 at 1:08 p.m.

Congo’s Ebola outbreak “had a big head start, and we’re still behind,” World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday, but asserted that “we are catching up” as testing...

Vanny Birungi, a Red Cross volunteer, speaks to people during a public sensitisation campaign amid the Ebola outbreak in Bunia, Congo, Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

The rare Ebola outbreak is one danger. Attacks on healthcare workers are another.

May 25, 2026 at 2:27 p.m.

Every time Vanny Birungi, a volunteer with the Red Cross in eastern Congo, goes out to raise awareness about the latest Ebola outbreak as suspected cases near 1,000, she faces...

People visit the site of a U.S. airstrike in Northwest, Jabo, Nigeria, Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/ Tunde Omolehin)

Nigerian villagers are rattled by US airstrikes that made their homes shake and the sky glow red

December 26, 2025 at 5:24 p.m.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced late Thursday that the United States had launched a “powerful and deadly strike” against IS militants in Nigeria.

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