The spread of Ebola is accelerating in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amid continued armed violence, posing a grave and growing risk to the region, UN agencies warned on Friday.
The WHO has declared the highest level of alert because of the Ebola outbreak in Congo. The virus has reached Uganda – and containment is slowing down.
Concern is growing among humanitarian agencies about the impact the disease could have on displaced persons' camps in the east of Africa's second largest country. Read more