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A pivotal trial of vaccines against the strain of Ebola that is driving a deadly outbreak across parts of Africa has begun in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the epidemic originated and the vast majority of cases and deaths have occurred. The first participant was vaccinated on Friday in Bunia, eastern Congo, with Merck & Co.’s Ervebo shot, which has been approved to guard against a different Ebola species. An experimental alternative developed specifically against Bundibugyo by Moderna...

South Africa named 36 hospitals for suspected Ebola cases, but no confirmed case has been reported. What US travellers should know before the 3 November rule. The post South Africa Readies 36 Hospitals for Ebola appeared first on The Rio Times.

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...

In tonight's programme, scramble to get through rubble to trapped survivors after a more than 10 storeys building being built in Nairobi goes down.  Also, Kenya says that there's been a second Ebola death. Earlier this week it had logged 9 cases so far, all traced back to its first Ebola patient who died earlier this month. And in finally the 11th edition of the iconic contemporary art festival Also known as Africa taking place in Paris, we speak to Cape Verde's artist Amadeo Carvalho.

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.

In tonight’s edition: Sudan’s brutal war continues to take a devastating regional toll, as a drone strike in Abyei reportedly kills 153 people. We speak to the UN envoy for Sudan following an emergency international meeting on the escalating crisis. Also, health authorities prepare to coordinate a response as Ebola cases emerge in Nigeria and rise in Kenya. Finally, ten years after Cameroon’s deadliest railway disaster, families of the 79 victims are still fighting for justice, saying their pain has yet to be acknowledged.

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.

The DR Congo Ebola outbreak has killed 4,561 people as of October 2026, and the US now bars most travellers arriving from the country. The post Congo Ebola Outbreak Explained, Spread and US Risk appeared first on The Rio Times.

US raises Kenya travel advisory over Ebola and security concerns

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.

Rio Times · Africa Intelligence Brief October 19, 2026 — Kenya braces for the Shakahola verdict and an eighth Ebola case; Sudan drone strikes kill civilians in Darfur and Kordofan; Nigeria disputes debt figures amid opposition splits; fuel shortages reach Niamey. The post Africa Intelligence Brief — Monday, October 19, 2026 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.