Uganda said Friday that it was on high alert after a fresh Ebola outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with four confirmed deaths. According to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, 13 Ebola cases have so far ...

Conflict in the Middle East has drawn attention away from other devastating wars, including in Sudan, where millions of civilians have been displaced and forced to flee to neighboring countries. It comes as nations have reduced refugee assistance,

At least 87 deaths have been reported in Congo's new Ebola disease outbreak in eastern Ituri province, the Africa CDC said Saturday, warning of an "active community transmission" as health workers raced to intensify screening and contact tracing to contain the disease.

The World Health Organization convened a meeting of its emergency committee amid an urgent search for vaccines and medicines to combat a widening Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.

An outbreak of an Ebola virus in central Africa has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization.