DRC: Ebola fears grow as children return to school
Parents fear school could fuel Ebola spread as authorities shift high-risk pupils to home learning.
![Pupils attend classes in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as the country begins a new school year amid an Ebola outbreak [Prosper Heri/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Pupils-in-Goma-1-1788194570.png?resize=270%2C175&quality=80)
![FILE PHOTO: Members of the Civil Protection team, which works to help mitigate the spread of the Ebola virus, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), disinfect after handling the body of an unidentified man, who according to his family, died of Ebola, in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 10, 2026. [Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/Reuters/File Photo]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/image-1787884401.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Demonstrators take part in a protest in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on June 12, 2026 [Fiston Issemwami/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Demonstrators-in-Kinshasa-on-12-June-2026-1787578110.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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DR Congo miners risk Ebola to make a living
DR Congo miners risk Ebola to make a living
Published On 23 Aug 2026
How the deadliest Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak can be stopped
The priorities are clear: reach every affected area, protect frontline workers, and turn commitments into action.
![Health workers stand in a new Ebola treatment center during a visit of Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), in Bunia, in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. [May 31: AFP]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/afp_6a874510dda1-1787249936.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
DR Congo, M23 rebels agree on roadmap for peace talks
Roadmap sets out steps, timelines for talks to end fighting that has killed thousands and displaced millions.
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Ebola continues to spread in the DRC as 16,000 vaccine doses arrive
Health authorities are warning that ‘approximately one person has been dying from Ebola every thirty minutes’.
Published On 22 Aug 2026
More than 16,000 doses of Ervebo vaccine arrive in Ebola-hit DR Congo
The doses are the first of 70,000 allocated for Kinshasa as experts warn of the virus’s exponential spread.
Ebola outbreak ‘growing faster, wider’ as DRC death toll passes 2,500: UN
Epidemic remains out of control amid DR Congo conflict, funding shortages and attacks on health workers and facilities
DR Congo to receive 70,000 doses of Ervebo vaccine as Ebola infections surge
WHO says vaccines for Ebola virus disease being allocated to DRC amid largest outbreak that has killed nearly 2,500.
How Ebola became the deadliest outbreak in DR Congo’s history
Conflict, delayed detection, and mistrust are complicating efforts to contain the virus in eastern DR Congo.
![Health workers at a Samaritan’s Purse Ebola treatment centre in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, during the response to the Ebola outbreak [Prosper Heri Ngorora/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Health-workers-at-Samaritans-Purse-held-Ebola-treatment-center-in-Bunia-1787100403.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak ‘global emergency’ as infections pass 5,000: WHO
Officials warn they are continuing to identify new chains of transmission that need to be broken to stop the spread.
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WHO: Ebola can be contained in months if enough funding is provided
The World Health Organization says the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo can be brought under control in three months.
Published On 18 Aug 2026
