The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention warned on Tuesday that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo could become one of the worst epidemics in history if urgent measures are not taken to contain its spread.

Head of Africa's disease control body says "we must act now" to prevent "worst outbreak the world has ever documented".

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention warned on Tuesday that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo could become one of the worst epidemics in…