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Uganda Imposes 21-Day Quarantine On Returnees From DR Congo Amid Ebola Outbreak
Kenya Red Cross personnel doff their Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during a simulation of the evacuation of remains of an Ebola victim in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on October 22, 2026. Photo by TONY KARUMBA / AFP Ugandans returning home from DR Congo — which has been hit by its worst-ever Ebola outbreak — will…
Seven Missing After Multi-Storey Building Collapses In Nairobi
First responders work to clear debris from a collapsed building from the road of a residential building that crumbled as it was still under construction in the Eastleigh neighborhood of Nairobi on October 23, 2026. (Photo by TONY KARUMBA / AFP) Seven people were missing after a multi-storey building collapsed mid-construction in the Kenyan capital…
Kenyan Marathon Champion Peres Jepchirchir Suspended Over Doping Allegations
Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir (R) leads Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei (L) while competing in the women’s marathon final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Sapporo on August 7, 2021. (Photo by Yasuyuki KIRIAKE / POOL / AFP) In a fresh hammer blow for Kenyan athletics, world marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir has been provisionally suspended for doping,…
Africa CDC Warns Aid Partners of Blacklisting Over Lack of Transparency in Ebola Response
Volunteers put on their personal protective equipment before recovering the body of a 3-year-old child, presumed to have died of Ebola virus disease, in Bunia on June 11, 2026. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has warned that it will blacklist partners who fail to account for funds received to combat disease outbreaks…
France Reports First Human Shamonda Virus Case as 14 EU Countries Affected
The Shamonda virus, which usually affects livestock, has been detected in 14 European countries, according to an epidemiological bulletin from France’s national research institute for animal health, as reported by AFP. The virus was detected in Europe for the first time at the end of July. It was first detected in Nigeria in the mid-1960s…
Drone Strikes Across Sudan Kill More Than 100 People
The family of Othman Omar Abdelrazik and Omar Abkar Abdelrazik, who were killed in airstrikes on a gold mine on the Sudan-Egypt border on October 11, receive condolences at their home in Wad al-Hulaywah, Kassala State in eastern Sudan on October 16, 2026. Photo: AFP A wave of drone strikes targeting war-torn Sudan’s army-held capital…
Kenya Confirms Eighth Ebola Case, Health Ministry Says
Health workers wearing protective equipment gather to disinfect the isolation area for Ebola patients at the General Referral Hospital of Mongbwalu in Mongbwalu, on May 23, 2026.(SEROS MUYISA / AFP Photo by SEROS MUYISA / AFP) Kenyan authorities have detected an eighth case of Ebola in the country, a health ministry official said. The latest…
Kenya Rules Out Lockdown Despite Rise in Ebola Cases to Seven
Kenya’s Ministry of Health has ruled out a lockdown, travel ban or restrictions on public gatherings following an increase in confirmed Ebola cases to seven, assuring residents that the country remains open for normal activities. The ministry said the clarification was necessary to address public anxiety, urging Kenyans to remain calm, observe preventive measures and…
Kenya Confirms Four More Ebola Cases as Infected Patients Are Isolated
Kenya’s Health Ministry has confirmed four additional Ebola cases after the patients developed fever, were isolated and tested positive for the virus. Health workers stand in a new Ebola treatment centre during a visit by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), in Bunia, in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo,…
Kenya Confirms Second Ebola Case, Reports No Evidence of Wider Outbreak
A health worker puts on his personal protective equipment (PPE) before entering the red zone of a MSF (Doctors Without Birders) supported Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC), where he will check up on patients. Kenya has recorded its second case of Ebola, the health ministry said Wednesday, saying there was “no evidence” of any large-scale transmission…
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