English Newsletters Events Podcasts Videos Africanews Search

A healthcare worker walks inside a treatment center for Ebola patients in Beni, North Kivu province, eastern Congo, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026.

Video. Ebola kills over 5,300 in fastest-growing outbreak on record

Updated: 2 November 2026 - 17:50 GMT+1

The outbreak, caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus, has infected more than 10,000 people since May and has spread to Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria.

Read full article

Top stories

Now playing Next

Ebola kills over 5,300 in fastest-growing outbreak on record

Now playing Next

Latest news bulletin | November 2nd, 2026 – Evening

Now playing Next

France recalls 7 million condoms across EU over safety concerns

Now playing Next

US measles surge reminds of Europe’s vaccination gaps

Now playing Next

Experts call on UN to declare climate change a health emergency

Now playing Next

Dashcam captures deadly private jet crash in Florida

Now playing Next

Heidi Klum turns herself into a giant severed hand for Halloween

Now playing Next

Heidi Klum's much-anticipated 2026 Halloween party costume

Now playing Next

Tusk v Nawrocki: Poland's Constitutional Tribunal crisis explodes

Now playing Next

Inside Milipol Qatar, where drones and robots take on security and emergency response roles

Now playing Next

Ukraine’s ‘Stargate’ drone carries wounded troops from frontline

Now playing Next

Fridges stand empty in Belgian supermarkets after cyberattack

Now playing Next

What did people eat and drink 4,000 years ago? New finds shed light on life in Mesopotamia

Now playing Next

Humanoid robots climb China’s Mount Tai in unusual challenge

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

More from Health News

Health news

Ebola: Uganda restricts travel as Nigerian case evacuated to Europe

Health news

Climate change is putting Europe’s brain health at risk

Health news

Can AI help healthcare move from treatment to prevention?

Health news

Portuguese hospital lets pets visit owners on the wards: test for paradigm shift

Latest video

USA

US midterm elections 2026: What are they and when will we know the results?

Europe News

Brussels still 'traumatised' by Brexit, EU foreign policy chief warns

No Comment

Skeleton puppets and zombies fill New York’s Halloween parade

Europe Today

Ukraine needs help this winter, says UN goodwill ambassador and actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Tech News

Cyberattacks hit supermarket fridges and freezers in Europe, Belgium launches investigation

Business

Ryanair eyes cost cuts as it faces a €2 billion rise in its fuel bill next year

World News

Mbappé’s ‘Chinese dictator’ comment: How do Chinese people react?

Europe News

Paris riots: France investigates after petrol bomb sets officer on fire

ADVERTISEMENT

No Comment

Serbia remembers 16 victims of Novi Sad railway station collapse

Water

'Now, thank God, we have water': Uzbekistan’s tap water reaches 83% of people, but gaps remain

Business

Europe seeks Central Asia's critical minerals as producers push for local processing

No Comment

Londoners revive medieval jousting on electric bikes in Halloween spectacle

Europe Today

Poland's president has 'no competence' to appoint judges, says EPP MEP

Europe Today

'Absolutely no legal basis' for chaotic scenes in Poland's top court, says Polish secretary of state

Europe Today

Europe doesn't 'care enough' about Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, says Mary Robinson

Europe News

One Czech national and four US citizens among Spain train crash dead, officials say

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT