Dakar. Funding pledges to contain the fast-growing Ebola outbreak in Africa have almost halved since Monday, the continent's main health body said on Thursday.

The ​World Health Organization has declared the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola ‌in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern.

In Congo, there have been 1,077 suspected cases and 246 suspected deaths, according to the latest data from the Africa Centres for Disease ​Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).

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