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UNICEF staff and airport workers receive an aircraft carrying medical supplies as authorities and aid agencies intensified efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain at the Bunia National Airport in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 19, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Ebola deaths in eastern Congo rise to 131, WHO voices deep concern

The new deaths brought to 131 the fatalities associated with the outbreak in eastern DRC

Thermometers are pictured at the entrance of an Ebola Treatment Centre in the Eastern Congolese town of Butembo in the Democratic Republic of Congo, October 4, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

The Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus: What do we know?

A man is carried from an ambulance as he arrives at Bunia General Referral Hospital following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on 16 May, 2026. Photo: Reuters/Victoire Mukenge

Health workers race to contain Congo's fast-spreading Ebola outbreak

A man is carried from an ambulance as he arrives at Bunia General Referral Hospital following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 16, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. Photo: REUTERS/Victoire Mukenge

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda an emergency of international concern

Map showing Nigeria's Borno state. Photo: Collected

42 pupils missing after Nigeria school attack, lawmaker says

Thermometers are pictured at the entrance of an Ebola Treatment Centre in the Eastern Congolese town of Butembo in the Democratic Republic of Congo, October 4, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

Congo confirms new Ebola outbreak, 80 deaths

US President Donald Trump speaks during an event to sign a memorandum in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, 5 May 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci/File Photo

ISIS second-in-command Abu-Bilal al-Minuki killed by US and Nigerian forces, presidents say

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa co-hosts, with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (not pictured), a summit on the Global Fund on November 21, 2025, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Photo: Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS

What happens next as South Africa's Ramaphosa faces impeachment process?

Nigerian multinational industrial conglomerate Dangote Group's CEO Aliko Dangote speaks on the phone at the Chateau de Versailles, outside Paris, France May 13, 2024. Photo: LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Africa’s richest man Dangote eyes Kenya for new refinery: FT

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te shakes hands with King Mswati III, the King of Eswatini, at Mandvulo Grand Hall near Manzini, Eswatini, May 2, 2026. Photo: Taiwan Presidential Office/Handout via REUTERS

Taiwan president defiant as begins Eswatini trip; China calls him a 'rat'

Shein and Temu app icons are seen in this illustration taken August 22, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

China scraps tariffs on 53 African nations in push to deepen trade ties

A general view of Bamako after insurgents launched attacks on military bases across the country, in Bamako, Mali April 25, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Aboubacar Traore

Mali at risk of splintering after jihadi and separatist attacks

A member of the South Sudan Red Cross walks at the wreckage of a Cessna 208 Caravan operated by CityLink Aviation, that lost communication and crashed while flying from Yei to Juba International Airport, in Juba, South Sudan April 27, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Samir Bol

Plane crash in South Sudan kills 14: officials