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Fear is spreading across eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo after authorities confirmed an Ebola case in the city of Goma.


Rwanda has temporarily closed its main border crossing with Goma as a precautionary measure to prevent possible cross-border transmission, impacting one of the region’s busiest trade and travel routes.


The outbreak, first reported in Ituri province, has prompted increased surveillance and emergency health measures, as medical teams work to contain infections in Bunia and surrounding areas.


Residents say they are worried about the spread of the virus in a region already affected by ongoing insecurity and humanitarian challenges, with memories of past deadly Ebola outbreaks still fresh.


Health authorities say contact tracing and screening efforts are being reinforced, but concerns remain over response capacity in conflict-affected areas.


 
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Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are reporting new Ebola cases in the latest outbreak in the country’s east. Authorities say there have been more than 500 suspected cases and over 100 deaths so far.


Neighbouring Uganda has confirmed two Ebola cases, including one death, prompting authorities to activate emergency response measures and screening protocols.


Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports from Uganda on how officials are dealing with the outbreak and trying to prevent further infections.



 
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The World Health Organization has declared the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. This outbreak, caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain for which there are no approved vaccines or treatments, has spread to neighboring Uganda.

As of mid-May 2026, the outbreak has resulted in 88 deaths and over 300 suspected cases, primarily in the Ituri province of eastern DRC and a confirmed imported case in Kampala, Uganda. The situation is complicated by armed conflict, mining-related population movement, and logistical challenges in the remote region.

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Ebola outbreak kills 65 in eastern DR Congo's Ituri province

Africa's top health agency says around 246 cases have been reported - a case has also been reported in Uganda.
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Senegal's Diomaye Faye fires Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, dissolving the government that brought Africa's most watched democratic revolution to power — and the real story behind this political divorce is deeper than anyone is reporting. Two men who shared a prison cell, ran on the same slogan, and swept away Macky Sall's regime in 2024 are now on opposite sides of a power war with a secret 2029 presidential pact at the center of it.
We break down the alleged succession deal, the controversial "Sonko Law" that reformed Senegal's electoral code, the $7 billion hidden debt crisis inherited from Macky Sall, and what the coming Pastef party congress means for the future of Senegalese democracy. This is not just a political breakup — it is a fight over who carries the economic pain of IMF negotiations, and who gets to run for president in 2029.
While two former allies battle for power, Senegal's youth — over 60% of the population under 25 — are still waiting for the jobs, lower prices, and real reform they voted for.

 


Benin’s new president, Romuald Wadagni, has overseen a major diplomatic opening with the Sahel’s military-led governments, signalling a possible reset in West Africa’s fractured regional politics. Senior officials from Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso attended his inauguration in Cotonou, marking one of the clearest signs yet of easing tensions after years of sanctions, border closures and diplomatic hostility. The shift is being driven by hard economic and security realities, especially the strategic Niger-Benin oil pipeline and rising terrorist violence spreading south from the Sahel. Analysts say pipelines, trade and counterterrorism are now forcing rivals back to the negotiating table.
 


The United States is reportedly shifting its global health strategy by planning an Ebola quarantine and treatment facility in Kenya specifically for American citizens. Amid an escalating outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain in Central and East Africa—centred in the Democratic Republic of Congo and spreading into Uganda—the Trump administration reportedly aims to isolate and treat exposed Americans closer to the source rather than evacuating them across the Atlantic. While US Public Health Service officers are reportedly preparing for deployment, the Kenyan government has yet to formally approve the centre. The proposal has ignited intense debate among global health experts, who question the logistics, safety, and ethical implications of establishing standalone, highly technical medical infrastructure abroad rather than utilising established hospitals back home in the United States.
 


Egypt is encircling Ethiopia over Red Sea access and the Nile water crisis — and the Horn of Africa may never be the same. Ethiopia, Africa's second most populous nation with 120 million people and zero coastline, is fighting for economic survival while Egypt builds strategic alliances with Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia to block every exit. This is the full story — the GERD dam, the landlocked crisis, the fuel shock, the alliance blocs, and why global powers are all watching this corner of Africa right now.
Here is everything you need to understand about one of the most consequential geopolitical standoffs on the African continent today.
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Ethiopia lost its Red Sea coastline when Eritrea gained independence in 1993 — and has been paying nearly $2 billion every year to Djibouti just for port access ever since. In September 2025, Ethiopia inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) — Africa's largest hydroelectric dam — deepening an already explosive rivalry with Egypt, which depends on the Nile River for over 90% of its fresh water. In May 2026, Egypt signed a maritime agreement with Eritrea and Egypt's Foreign Minister declared that Red Sea governance belongs exclusively to littoral states — a direct political message aimed at locking Ethiopia out. Meanwhile, a US-Iran conflict disrupted the Strait of Hormuz, halting 180,000 metric tons of fuel destined for Ethiopia and exposing just how dangerous landlocked dependency really is.
Two Gulf-backed alliance blocs have now formed: Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia, and Saudi Arabia on one side — Ethiopia, the UAE, Israel, and Somaliland on the other. The United States, China, and Gulf powers all have military bases, port investments, and strategic interests converging on this one region. This video decodes all of it — the history, the strategy, the hidden motives, and what comes next.
 
It's a law many were shocked to discover still existed in France. The Code Noir—or Black Code—dates back 400 years and outlines the rules that governed slavery in French Caribbean colonies. Rules that allowed slave owners to treat their labourers as property that could be bought, sold, and inherited. That permitted cruel punishment such as beatings—often to death—and hangings. This week, French MPs voted unanimously to repeal the legislation. But is that enough? And does it offer reparatory justice to the descendants of the victims of slavery?

 


Ibrahim Traoré just banned religion from Burkina Faso's government buildings — and the Sahel may never be the same. Inside the most controversial African leadership decision of 2025, the real story behind Burkina Faso's secular crackdown, foreign mosque funding, and what it means for African sovereignty.
Is this African self-determination or dangerous authoritarianism? We break down why over 80% of Sahel mosques are financed by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, what the arrest of the Imam of the Kaaba tells us about global double standards, and why Burkina Faso's constitution has been secular since 1991 — long before Traoré ever took power.
We also examine how both Islam and Christianity arrived in Africa — and what was destroyed in the process. From the Sokoto Jihad to European missionary coercion, this is the historical context that mainstream media consistently leaves out.
Rwanda's Kagame closed thousands of churches. France separated church from state in 1905. The United States did it in 1791. Africa is having that conversation right now — and the loudest opposition is often funded from the outside.
This is not a debate about faith. It is a debate about who the African state actually serves.
 


The Kenya Ebola facility built by the US military — while America banned Ebola
patients from its own soil — is one of the most revealing geopolitical stories
of 2026. Here is the full breakdown.


America publicly stated it would not allow a single person exposed to Ebola
onto US soil. Kenya had zero Ebola cases. Then the US military quietly built
a 50-bed quarantine facility at Laikipia Air Base, staffed entirely by American
personnel, for American patients only — on Kenyan soil, without a public
announcement, without parliamentary approval, and without telling the Kenyan
people.


Kenya found out the same time the rest of the world did. From a journalist.


Within hours, Kenya's doctors' union threatened a strike. The Law Society of
Kenya went to court. Civil society called it what it was — a containment colony
for a disease Kenya had nothing to do with. Then a Kenyan High Court judge
blocked the facility hours before it was due to open.


This episode breaks down the full story: the Ebola outbreak in DRC, the
America First health deal, the $1.6 billion compact that came with strings
attached, the domestic backlash, the court intervention, and what this reveals
about how powerful countries decide whose soil absorbs the risk — and why it
matters for every African country that has signed a bilateral health deal with
Washington.
 


A fast-growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has crossed borders, raising alarms far beyond Central Africa. This time, the virus is a strain with no approved vaccine or treatment. As cases rise and governments scramble to respond, can the outbreak be contained before it spreads further?
 


Washington has already set up shop & ain't nothing Kenya can do about it



Ruto is clearly retarded & corrupt
 
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Violence has broken out in Kenya as protesters clash with police over an Ebola quarantine center being built for US citizens. Demonstrators in the town of Nanyuki set fires and threw rocks, while police responded with tear gas and water cannons. At least one person has been killed. Kenya has never recorded a case of Ebola, and many fear the facility could bring the deadly virus into the country.
 
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