The volunteers were among the first named victims of the epidemic, which is being driven by the rare Bundibugyo virus.

A first Ebola case has been confirmed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, in an area under the Rwanda-backed M23 militia's control, the armed…

A first Ebola case has been confirmed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, in an area under the Rwanda-backed M23 militia's control, the armed…

They are believed to have contracted the virus before the outbreak was identified