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Ebola epidemic: Ten African countries at risk

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 103 words · By Video by Alessandro XENOS; Juliette LAURAIN; Jean-Emile Jammine
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What to know about Ebola epidemic: Ten African countries at risk

Africa CDC has issued a fresh warning this Saturday, saying up to ten additional African countries are now at risk as the Ebola outbreak spreads across the region.

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What happened

Africa CDC has issued a fresh warning this Saturday, saying up to ten additional African countries are now at risk as the Ebola outbreak spreads across the region.

Why it matters

Those countries are Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia.

Common ground

Uganda has confirmed three new cases, while the Red Cross says three volunteers have died in eastern DR Congo after contracting the virus in March.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the Red Cross says three volunteers have died in eastern DR Congo after contracting the virus in March.”
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Three independent web search results (BBC, and two other news reports) confirm that the Red Cross reported the deaths of three volunteers in eastern DR Congo who contracted the virus in March.
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 hours ago ... They are believed to have contracted Ebola on 27 March while working in the eastern region of Ituri on a project unrelated to the virus ...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c759knxln0wo
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web search NEUTRAL — 10 hours ago ... The Red Cross announced on Saturday that three volunteers had died ... Congo after apparently contracting Ebola while on duty there in March.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congo-ebola-outbreak-red-cross-…
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web search NEUTRAL — 8 hours ago ... The Red Cross has paid tribute to three volunteers who are believed to have died after contracting Ebola while handling bodies and are ...
https://www.facebook.com/SABCNews/posts/the-red-cross-has-pa…
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Claim 2: “another centre in Rwampara was also set on fire.”
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Two independent sources (Denver7 and The Guardian) confirm that a treatment center/medical supplies in Rwampara were set on fire.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — On Thursday, an Ebola treatment center in Rwampara was set on fire by youths
https://www.denver7.com/health/ebola-outbreak-in-congo-expan…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — On Thursday, tents and medical supplies outside a hospital in Rwampara, Ituri province, were set on fire as medics tried to set up an Ebola treatment centre
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/22/s…
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Claim 3: “Uganda has confirmed three new cases”
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Five independent news organizations (The Hindu, Al Jazeera, France24, and BBC News) all confirm that Uganda reported three new cases of Ebola.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Uganda confirmed three new Ebola cases, including a health worker and a driver linked to the country’s first known infection
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/uganda-confirms-…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Uganda confirms three new Ebola cases, bringing total to five
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/23/uganda-confirms-thr…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Uganda confirms three new cases of Ebola linked to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260523-uganda-confirms-…
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Claim 4: “Africa CDC has issued a fresh warning this Saturday, saying up to ten additional African countries are now at risk as the Ebola outbreak spreads across the region.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm that the Africa CDC issued a warning regarding ten additional countries at risk.
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Claim 5: “In Ituri’s Mongbwalu, residents attacked and burned part of an Ebola treatment centre, forcing 18 suspected cases to flee”
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Three independent sources (AP, and two other news reports) confirm that residents in Mongbwalu, Ituri, attacked and burned an Ebola treatment center, leading to 18 suspected cases fleeing.
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 hour ago ... BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Angry residents of a town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo attacked and burned a tent that was ...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/eighteen-suspected-ebola-…
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 hours ago ... At least 18 people with suspected cases of Ebola fled during the attack, Dr. Richard Lokudi, director of the Mongbwalu General Reference ...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/05/23/ebola-o…
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 hours ago ... An Ebola treatment center was burned down again in Congo. And now 18 suspected patients have vanished into the community.
https://www.facebook.com/worthsharingmedia/posts/an-ebola-tr…
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Claim 6: “Those countries are Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general definitions of the number 10 from Wikipedia and dictionaries, and does not mention any African countries or Ebola risks.
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web search NEUTRAL — 10 (ten) is the even natural number following 9 and preceding 11. Ten is the base of decimal numeral systems, the most common systems for denoting numbers in both spoken and written language.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10
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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 15, 2019 · Learn about the number 10. Learn the different ways number 10 can be represented. See the number ten on a number line, ten frame, numeral, word, dice, domino...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zVLWGaLi7g
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · The meaning of TEN is a number that is one more than nine. How to use ten in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ten
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