The warning came shortly after Congo officials reported more than 130 suspected deaths and 513 cases, a sharp rise since the outbreak was first reported over the weekend.

Étienne Davignon had been set to stand trial in connection with the murder of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Early surveillance and testing failed to identify Bundibugyo, a rare species of Ebola responsible for the current outbreak.

U.S. military launched attack in coordination with Nigerian forces days after President Trump said a joint operation had killed Islamic State’s global leader.

The humanitarian relief system, decimated by cuts, faces a grave challenge as the Middle East war causes soaring costs for food, fuel and fertilizer.

The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency after about 80 people died from the virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Just a day after the outbreak was announced, cases were confirmed in the capitals of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is no approved vaccine for the strain.

One of his country’s richest businessmen, he fled arrest and escaped prosecution for allegedly financing and directing the bloodletting that cost 800,000 lives in 1994.

The leader, whom the State Department designated a terrorist in 2023, had been hiding in Africa, President Trump said.

Dozens of deaths and hundreds of infections are suspected, an African agency said. Health experts were alarmed that the outbreak hadn’t been announced sooner.

They were shackled and sent to Kinshasa by the Trump administration. Now they face a dangerous choice: Go back to Latin America or stay in Africa.

The unusual ruling came after the judge found that the Trump administration had most likely violated the law by deporting the 55-year-old woman to the African country despite its refusal to take her.

She was the first Black South African to enter the Miss World contest, placing in the top five in 1972.

The U.N. documented 880 deaths from strikes carried out by Sudan’s military or its paramilitary enemy, the Rapid Support Forces, between January and April.

The rights group said more than 100 people were killed in airstrikes on Sunday that appeared to be the latest in a series of similar attacks.

The French president visited Kenya this week for a summit designed to build stronger ties with Anglophone African countries.

The cruise ship will arrive on the island of Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands of Spain, officials said. All of the passengers will then be evacuated to their home countries.

Our reporter John Eligon runs in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya to experience why it’s the mecca of distance running in the world.

Health authorities said three passengers from the MV Hondius had died after showing symptoms of the rare disease.

Former passengers on the MV Hondius say that the ship was made for wildlife expeditions and that the crew took safety very seriously.