The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on May 17, 2026, after confirmed international spread and concerns that undetected transmission could complicate containment efforts. The declaration, issued under the International…

A landslide triggered by heavy rainfall struck the Rubaya coltan mining area in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on March 3–4, 2026, collapsing artisanal mining tunnels and killing more than 200 people just weeks after a similar disaster at the same site in late January.

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