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Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty speaks during a press conference with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (not pictured) in Baghdad, Iraq, April 9, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Ahmed Saad

Egypt expects €1.5b from EU assistance package in coming days: Minister

The EU has so far disbursed €2 billion of the package, having transferred an ​initial €1 billion ​tranche ⁠in January 2025 and a second €1 billion earlier this ​year

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 rebels target army bases, prison in fresh attacks

Congolese pastor Vital Ngelesa Lomami preaches and sensitizes the population against the spread of Ebola, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, along a street in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 22, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Ebola outbreak could cost Africa up to $3.6b: UN

Najlaa Ahmed, a displaced Sudanese mother, looks on, following Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacks on Zamzam displacement camp, as she shelters in the town of Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan April 16, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

Sudan war atrocities detailed in new Amnesty investigation

Health workers dress up in personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Evangelical Medical Center, one of the facilities at the forefront of the response to the Ebola outbreak, as agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 31, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Africa CDC, WHO launch unified platform to support Africa's Ebola response

Health workers dress up in personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Evangelical Medical Center, one of the facilities at the forefront of the response to the Ebola outbreak, as agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 31, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Ebola cases in Eastern Congo surpass 1,000 as death toll reaches 254

A general view shows a part of the capital Bangui, Central African Republic, February 16, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Siegfried Modola

US deports Iranian pro-democracy activist to Central African Republic: Lawyer

South African flags are seen in Pretoria, South Africa, December 11, 2013. Photo: Reuters

Gunmen shoot dead 12 near Johannesburg: South African police

Health workers dress up in personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Evangelical Medical Center, one of the facilities at the forefront of the response to the Ebola outbreak, as agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 31, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Congo says Ebola deaths top 100 as armed groups threaten response

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

How disinformation in Congo is worsening Ebola epidemic

Demonstrators participate during a protest against a US-backed Ebola quarantine plan on the establishment of a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base that was intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, in Laikipia County, Kenya 1 June 2026. Photo: Reuters

Protests over US Ebola site in Kenya kill two, court keeps block

Health workers get dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Evangelical Medical Center, one of the facilities at the forefront of the response to the Ebola outbreak, as agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 31, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Ebola recoveries bring signs of hope in DRC as suspected cases emerge outside Africa

Congolese pastor Vital Ngelesa Lomami preaches and sensitizes the population against the spread of Ebola, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, along a street in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 22, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Congo province bans funeral wakes to contain Ebola's spread