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World Service,25 May 2026,49 mins

DRC, Uganda and South Sudan adopt plan to counter Ebola

Newsday

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The director-general of the World Health Organisation has said there are now more than 900 suspected cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a post on X, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that regional conflict was making it more difficult to track new cases. Details remain elusive but there are indications that a deal to end the US Iran war could be within reach. China has launched three astronauts on a voyage to its space station. One of the crew will spend 12 months in Orbit. (Photo: People wait to be attended at the Mongbwalu General Referral Hospital; Credit: Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/Reuters)

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