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Inside one of DR Congo’s hardest hit villages © France 24

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Issued on: 21/05/2026 - 11:35

The head of the World Health Organization warns the Ebola outbreak poses a high risk nationally and across the region, though the global risk remains low. So far 51 cases have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the northern provinces of Ituri and North Kivu - and officials expect that number to rise. In one of the hardest hit towns, grieving families are saying goodbye to loved ones.