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Somalia declared the outbreak a national emergency. The U.N. it has the potential "to be the most devastating plague of locusts in any of our living memories.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The worst locust outbreak that parts of East Africa have seen in 70 years needs some $76 million to help control and the money is

Desert locusts, the most ravenous species of locust, consume their body weight in food — about two grams every day and can travel up to 150 km a day

Al-Shabab, a Somali terror group linked to al-Qaeda, attacked a military base in Kenya that houses some American military personnel.

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Wednesday that an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a public health emergency of international concern.

More than 300 000 people have fled violence and inter-ethnic attacks in northeastern areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the past two weeks, the United Nations says.

Violence by armed groups and community mistrust hamper attempts to halt epidemic

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 750 people, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday, ahead of a key review on the severity of the epidemic. The global network of Agence France-Presse covers 151 countries

An outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that has killed m...

A total of 1,089 people have been infected in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a record 73 new cases were reported last week, up from the previous high of 56.

Responders have vaccinated thousands, but disease spread continues.

Attackers set fire to an Ebola treatment centre run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo late on Sunday, forcing staff to evacuate patients, the charity said.

A team in Liberia has found the ebola virus in a bat for the first time.

Data: DRC Ministry of Health; Chart: Andrew Witherspoon and Harry Stevens/Axios. The Ebola outbreak simmering in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is worsening in some ways, despite major successes in combating the illness in some parts of the co

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HEALTH officials in Uganda are braced for an influx of Ebola cases amid fears the deadly virus could spread from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as families travel for Christmas.

The bodies of two Scandinavian women with cuts to their necks were found in a village in Morocco's High Atlas mountains on Monday, the interior ministry said.

One of the deadliest Ebola outbreaks in history continues to worsen in the Democratic Republic of Congo with as many as 319 people now dead.

The second-largest and second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has spread to a major city.

Health workers have compared the region to a war zone, since dozens of armed rebel groups are active