Rating agencies knew of stress at India's IL&FS, but gave good ratings - audit
World
Ebola
MSF urges DRC Ebola 'reality check', more vaccinations
Joanne Liu, the international president of the medical charity known by its French acronym MSF, told AFP that health officials needed a "reality check" in their response to the outbreak.
-
Congolese Ebola victim may have entered Rwanda and Uganda -WHO
The woman was one of almost 1,700 victims of the current 11- month outbreak of the highly contagious disease, which the WHO upgraded to an international health emergency on Wednesday and which has so far been effectively confined to the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
-
WHO sounds Ebola alarm as risks intensify
Despite a highly effective vaccine and a swift international response after it was declared 11 months ago, the outbreak has proved tenacious, becoming Congo’s worst ever.
-
Pastor confirmed with Ebola as disease spreads in DR Congo
The patient is a pastor who had been preaching in church and would have touched the hands of worshippers "including the sick", the ministry said in a statement.
-
No further Ebola cases in Uganda after June deaths - DR Congo
In an update on the epidemic in eastern DRC, the health ministry said its Ugandan counterparts had confirmed there had been no further infections.
-
Kenya reassures public after Ebola false alarm
Kenyan Health Minister Sicily Kariuki said a 36-year-old woman in the western county of Kericho had fallen ill with headache, fever and vomiting, which can also be symptoms of Ebola.
-
WHO likely to declare Ebola an international emergency -experts
Such a decision would lead to boosting public health measures, funding and resources, and could include recommendations on trade and travel, academic experts and aid groups said.
-
Family sent back to DR Congo after 2 die of Ebola in Uganda
The cases marked the first time the virus has crossed an international border since the current outbreak began in Congo last August.
-
Deadly Ebola virus spreads to Uganda
The Ebola outbreak, which started in in the Democratic Republic of Congo in August 2018, has spread to neighbouring Uganda, killing two patients so far in the latest occurrence of the deadly disease.
-
Second Ebola patient dies in Uganda - health ministry official
The woman was the grandmother of a five-year-old boy who died on Tuesday evening after crossing into Uganda with his family from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
-
Five-year-old boy dies from Ebola in Uganda - health official
A five-year-old Congolese boy, who travelled with his family into Uganda, has the hemorrhagic disease that has killed nearly 1,400 people since last July in the second-worst outbreak on the planet.
-
One in four Ebola cases undetected in Congo - WHO
Some 2,025 cases and 1,357 deaths have been recorded since the epidemic began in August in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu and Ituri provinces.
-
DRC Ebola outbreak reaches 2,000 case threshold
The Democratic Republic of Congo's health ministry has recorded more than 2,000 cases of Ebola in the country's tenth outbreak since 1976. Aid organisations have called for improved relief efforts in order to tackle the deadly disease.
-
Islamic State claims deadly attack in east Congo's Ebola zone
The deputy mayor of Beni in the eastern Democratic of Congo said 13 civilians were killed late on Monday in an attack by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
-
Ebola cases in DR Congo break 2,000 mark
The government said it was important to retain the overall perspective, despite the breaching of the symbolic threshold of 2,000 cases.
-
Political games hinder efforts to end Ebola outbreak in Congo: WHO
Attempts to end the second worst Ebola outbreak on record are being hampered by 'political games' and distrust of outsiders in two towns in Democratic Republic of Congo, a senior World Health Organisation official said on Monday.
-
UN shifts response as Ebola outbreak in DR Congo drags on
More than 1,000 people have died from the virus - the second deadliest outbreak on record after the epidemic that killed 11,300 people in West Africa in 2014-2016.
-
Congo registers record of 27 new Ebola cases in one day
The previous record was 110 confirmed cases a couple of weeks ago.
-
More food aid could boost fight against Ebola in Congo - agencies
Public mistrust is a major obstacle to stopping the epidemic, which has infected more than 1,300 people and killed 880 in eastern Congo since July.
