Community outreach is key to stopping the Ebola outbreak, say Red Cross workers in the DRC's Ituri province, as across the border in Uganda, two new cases have been identified.

Aid workers are at risk in Congo where residents are under threat of armed groups that have killed thousands of people and displaced many more in recent years. | World News

African leaders and health agencies are intensifying efforts to contain the growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, with nearly $500 million pledged…

Uganda shut its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday in a bid to contain the Ebola outbreak that has hit its neighbour, the health ministry announced.

Uganda has stepped up Ebola screening and contact tracing in Kampala after confirming two new cases involving health workers, raising the country’s total infections to seven as…

The spread of the deadly haemorrhagic fever is unfolding a region that is at the epicentre of fighting between the army and armed groups.

In the space of several weeks, the outbreak has spread to several provinces nearby and on to Ugandan soil.

GENEVA, May 27 — The World Health Organisation chief warned today that conflict raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was dramatically complicating efforts to rein in a...

Since the current outbreak was detected on May 14, more than 220 suspected deaths and 900 suspected cases have been identified, according to official figures, in what the World…

Ebola response lags in Congo as officials struggle to trace contacts and contain spread

Uganda shut its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday in a bid to contain the Ebola outbreak that has hit its neighbour, the health ministry announced.

WHO warns of a catastrophic Ebola outbreak in DR Congo exacerbated by ongoing conflict, prompting Uganda to close its border.

Uganda made the decision after a rise in its health workers exposed to the virus by Congolese patients who crossed the border.

The number of suspected cases in the country's east is nearing 1,000, with at least 220 suspected deaths.

By SHARON NAKOLA in Nairobi, Kenya |

KAMPALA (AP):Ugandan authorities yesterday ordered the closure of their border with Congo “with immediate effect” as suspected cases of a rare type of Ebola surge towards 1,000…

The decision by the Ugandan Ebola task force, which goes against World Health Organization guidance and follows a rise in health workers exposed to Ebola by Congolese patients who…

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Doctors in the Democratic Republic of Congo are tirelessly assisting patients in combating the recent Ebola outbreak, with some patients now showing signs of recovery from the…

The Democratic Republic of Congo has stepped up efforts to contain a worsening Ebola outbreak after health authorities confirmed a new case in Goma, a densely populated city in…

Community outreach is key to stopping the Ebola outbreak, say Red Cross workers in the DRC's Ituri province, as across the border in Uganda, two new cases have been identified.