Africa

An infant is believed to be among those who perished at sea after a small fishing vessel bearing 128 people lost its way.

Democratic Republic of Congo ‌authorities report that the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has topped 6000 cases with 2911 deaths.

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Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province, with a death recorded in Bas-Uele.

Authorities have not said who organized a suspicious border breach in Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in North Africa. Social media posts in Morocco are urging another push.

The world’s fastest Ebola outbreak has passed a devastating milestone, with experts warning the virus is spreading faster than health teams can contain it.

The Ebola outbreak in Congo has been declared the fastest in history, but WHO says there will be twice or four times as many deaths than are being reported.

Relatives angered by the death of a woman who gave birth at a hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo have stormed the facility which had Ebola patients.

New suspected Ebola cases have been reported in previously unaffected parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the government.

Insufficient contact-tracing and the refusal of many residents to avoid contact with the bodies of loved ones killed by the Ebola virus are accelerating the epidemic.

Officials warn the fact at least 30 people have died at a displacement camp in north-eastern Congo suggests an Ebola outbreak may be spreading fast.

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo say an armed group has removed a woman and her daughter from an Ebola health centre in the country's east.

The Democratic ​Republic of ‌the Congo has reported nearly 800 cases of the rare strain of Ebola, while more 180 people have died.

The World Health Organisation says three laboratories in the Democratic Republic of Congo ‌have run out of supplies to test for the Bundibugyo species of Ebola.

Flames have ripped through a dormitory at a girls' boarding school, killing at least 16 students and injuring scores of others.

‘We are trying to catch up, it is a race against the clock.’

The World Health Organisation has declared a ‘public health emergency of international concern’ amid an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has now spread across borders.