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Kenya has reported a second death from Ebola, a 65-year-old woman who was a close family member of the index case.

A clinical trial begins to test the safety, efficacy and immunogenicity of multiple vaccines.

She was a close family member of the first victim, a man who had travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Ebola outbreak has now spread to four countries across eastern, central ⁠⁠and western Africa.

Kenya’s health ministry announced the country’s second Ebola death on Friday, saying a 65-year-old woman who was a close relative of the first patient died after developing symptoms while in quarantine. The woman began showing symptoms 10 days ago and began receiving supportive care at an infectious disease unit in the capital, Nairobi. The ministry said medical personnel “did everything possible to save her life”, but she died Friday evening. Her family was notified, and the ministry said it...

Rio Times · Africa Intelligence Brief October 23, 2026 — Nigeria confirms first Ebola case and traces 44 contacts; Kenya absorbs displaced Ethiopians after Moyale gunfire; South Africa probes fatal anti-immigrant mob killing in Durban. The post Africa Intelligence Brief — Friday, October 23, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.

Passengers arriving at Lagos airport queue for temperature checks as Nigeria steps up health screening protocols for international arrivals. The country confirmed its first case of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola earlier this week in a woman returning from Uganda.

Muhammad Ali Pate urged the public to 'remain calm' described the case as a single contained infection.

The World Health Organization has warned that Africa faced a “complex” Ebola outbreak after the virus crossed from east Africa to Nigeria, marking the first case in the west of the continent. Nigeria on Tuesday had announced an imported case of the Bundibugyo strain, currently causing a major Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was detected in the wife of a diplomat who had travelled from Uganda to the Nigerian capital Abuja. Health minister Muhammad Ali Pate said Thursday the...

Officials say they both travelled through Entebbe International Airport on 3 October.

Health officials are investigating where Nigeria's first patient, confirmed this week, was infected.

Ex-NCDC chief, Abdulsalami Nasidi, says funding and committment from the presidency will be key in controlling a possible spread of the virus.

Ex-NCDC chief, Abdulsalami Nasidi, says funding and committment from the presidency will be key in controlling a possible spread of the virus.

The Bundibugyo strain outbreak is the DR Congo's deadliest ever and has now reached West Africa for the first time.

The wife of a diplomat based in Abuja travelled to Kampala for a vacation.

The female patient, who sources have told the BBC is not Nigerian, is in isolation and in an Abuja hospital.

Nigeria's latest case marks the country's first recorded Ebola infection since 2014, raising concerns about further transmission as public health teams work to identify and monitor potential contacts

The US has advised its citizens to reconsider travelling to Kenya but the government tries to reassure people.

Nigeria has recorded its first Ebola case of Africa's latest outbreak, in a woman who had travelled from Uganda to the capital Abuja, the government confirmed on Tuesday.

A 24-year-old man, who was already being held in quarantine, is the latest to test positive.

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North Kivu province in DR Congo, hit by Ebola, banned mass events, limited taxis and capped burials at 20 relatives as Ebola deaths there reached 1,252. The post DR Congo Ebola Province Caps Burials at 20 appeared first on The Rio Times.

Meanwhile, in the DRC, the outbreak has spread to an eighth province, North Ubangi, where two cases, including one death, have been confirmed.

The World Health Organization has warned that it could surpass the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, which erupted more than a decade ago and killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa.

Kenyan health authorities say latest patient was likely exposed to the country's first Ebola case.

The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to an eighth province in the country’s north, authorities said on Sunday. The Health Ministry has recorded two cases, including one death, in Nord-Ubangi province, bordering Central African Republic. The ministry said both patients were men in their 20s living in the Wapinda health zone, which borders Bas-Uele province, where Ebola cases have been reported previously. Authorities have recorded at least 9,400 cases, including more than...

⁠Three health workers who ⁠treated the country's first Ebola patient are among the latest confirmed cases.

Frontline workers in DR Congo received the Ervebo vaccine on Friday as the country’s worst ever Ebola outbreak continues to spread. Ervebo is effective against the Zaire strain of Ebola. Authorities hope it will offer some protection against the Bundibugyo strain driving the current outbreak.

The town of Masaka in southern Uganda is currently conducting a Phase 1 trial of a vaccine candidate against the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, which is circulating in the region. There is currently no approved treatment or vaccine for this strain.

Kenya has confirmed a third case of Ebola, a relative of a man who died earlier this month after travelling from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The health ministry said the 65-year-old woman tested positive while in quarantine, where she has been since 5 October. The second patient, a 39-year-old man from the same family, is in a stable condition. Health officials say there is no evidence of community transmission, as both individuals were under quarantine. However, three contacts have yet to be traced. Our correspondent Bastien Renouil tells us more.