BBC Journalist covering East Africa.
Kenya
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Uganda to impose 21-day quarantine on returning citizens with Congo travel history reut.rs/4zdyB20 reut.rs/4zdyB20
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#France has reported the first documented case of a human infection with #Shamonda virus, a virus only previously detected in animals.
The patient was immunocompromised, which made them more vulnerable to infection and severe disease, and unfortunately died. My heartfelt condolences to their loved ones.
Shamonda virus primarily affects animals such as cattle, sheep, goats and horses. The virus is thought to spread between animals by the bites of a midge, which is a small fly-like insect. Further studies are needed to fully understand transmission.
The French patient was in an area where the Shamonda virus was circulating in animals and where Culicoides midges were also present.
@WHO is in contact with French authorities who are collecting information to better understand the source of infection in the first human patient, possible routes of transmission and any potential risk to public health.
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Trump ordered to sit for deposition in BBC lawsuit bbc.in/47vF8sP
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Kenya reports zero new Ebola cases as Gov’t says end of outbreak ‘within reach’ citizen.digital/article/keny…
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Nigeria's first Ebola holidayed in Uganda, officials say bbc.in/3W38Gvc
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EBOLA IN NIGERIA: AN URGENT CALL FOR GLOBAL SOLIDARITY
Today 20 October 2026, I spoke with the Nigerian Coordinating Minister of Health and Social welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, who informed me of a confirmed Ebola Bundibugyo case in Nigeria. I commend his transparency and leadership. Early reporting saves lives.
When Africa CDC declared this Ebola outbreak on 15 May 2026, we warned of its regional dimension and implications.
This Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak has already become the most geographically widespread Ebola outbreak in history, affecting multiple countries across three regions of Africa.
With mortality approaching 50% in DRC, we face an extremely serious threat. Africa CDC has already begun mobilising support for Nigeria, while intensifying our response in DRC and Kenya and maintaining heightened vigilance in Uganda.
My appeal to the international community is urgent: ACT NOW.
We need immediate, flexible financing, medical supplies, diagnostics, trained responders and stronger community-based surveillance. We cannot allow this outbreak to spread to more countries or continue for another year.
Every day of delay costs lives. Africa’s health security is global health security. Stopping Ebola in Africa today means protecting the world. Nigeria has our full solidarity. Together, we must defeat this outbreak.
@AfricaCDC, @WHO, @WHOAFRO, @WorldBank, @gavi, @CEPIvaccines, @UNICEF, @NCDCgov, @African Union Commission, @Pandemic_Fund, @European Commission, @EU HERA, @US CDC, @UK FCDO, @Public Health Agency of Canada, @African Development Bank, @AfreximBank, @Gates Foundation, @Mastercard Foundation, @Wellcome, @UNOCHA, @IFRC
#AfricaReady #StopEbola #HealthSecurity
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Nigeria has confirmed one case of Ebola disease in the Federal Capital Territory. The patient, a woman who recently arrived on an international flight from Uganda, had been receiving treatment at a private hospital before the diagnosis was confirmed on Tuesday.
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At least 73 people were killed when drones struck a market in the disputed Abyei region along the border of South Sudan and Sudan, the caretaker information minister for the jointly administered region said, accusing Sudan's army of carrying out the attack reut.rs/4hY39yM
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Kenya cult leader who told parents to starve children found guilty of 191 counts of murder bbc.in/4zHUJ4s
Oh well…
President Donald Trump has fired Katie Zacharia as press secretary, advisers to the president said, ending her turbulent week-long stint as the White House's top spokesperson. cnn.it/3VPdpAE
Kenya has confirmed a third Ebola case involving a 65-year-old woman who is a primary contact and close relative of the first and second cases.
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Ethiopia's Abiy names new Tigray government, wants polls in six months reut.rs/3U3aljH reut.rs/3U3aljH
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Kenya has confirmed a second case of Ebola of the Bundibugyo strain .The case involves a 39-year-old man who is a close family member of the country’s first confirmed case.. The new patient was in quarantine and was being tested daily.
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Duane "Keffe D" Davis sentenced to 40 years for orchestrating rapper Tupac Shakur's murder
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US actor RJ Mitte, best known for his role as the defiant son of drug kingpin Walter White in the drama series Breaking Bad, has died aged 34 bbc.com/news/articles/cmn045…
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BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPeacePrize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
#NobelPrize
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BREAKING: The US will livestream the Army's upcoming firing squad execution in December of Nidal Hasan, who shot and killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, a Pentagon official said, in what would be an unprecedented move reut.rs/4dvjmc5
