May 26, 2026
Medical staff wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) transport a patient at the hospital in Rwampara on May 21, 2026. According to the WHO, the latest outbreak in the DRC, the 17th to hit the vast central African country of more than 100 million people, is already suspected of having caused 139 deaths out of nearly 600 probable cases. Many of the cases have been recorded in the epidemic’s epicentre in the DRC’s northeastern Ituri province, many in hard-to-access areas plagued by the Congolese east’s litany of armed groups. (Photo by Seros MUYISA / AFP)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has commiserated with the government and people of the Democratic Republic of Congo over the loss of more than 130 lives and about 500 infections following an Ebola virus disease outbreak.
The condolence was conveyed by the ministry’s spokesperson, Kimiebi Ebienfa, in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday, expressing Nigeria’s solidarity with DR Congo during the public health emergency.
According to him, Nigeria extended its deepest condolences and heartfelt sympathy to the government and families affected by the tragic outbreak of the deadly virus.
