DR Congo Ebola outbreak could become worst in history as thousands not being traced

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.

One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site.

Issued on: 17/06/2026 - 12:02Modified: 17/06/2026 - 12:36

Healthcare workers and officials are continuing to sound the alarm over the surging Ebola crisis. On June 16, the head of Africa's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said that tens of thousands of people who have been in contact with ill patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo are currently not being traced and that the outbreak could become the worst in history - surpassing the 2014-2016 outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone that killed over 11,000 people.

Somali World Cup referee denied entry to US arrives home to hero's welcome

'Americans can take their Ebola back': Kenyans protest plan for US quarantine centre

Libyans still traumatised by deadly 2023 Derna flood, but reconstruction offers hope

Moroccan fans get ready for first World Cup game, boosted by AFCON success

South Africa rolls out new preventive HIV shot in 'major turning point'

Radio station in DR Congo seeks to stop misinformation amid spread of Ebola

Benin's creators revive national history through video games

Kenyans protest femicide scourge and denounce government inaction

Kenyan opposition to Ebola quarantine centre for US citizens grows