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Shortages of trained staff, operational partners and funding are causing a bottleneck in efforts to expand the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo as the outbreak spreads geographically, a World Health Organisation (WHO) official said on Tuesday. …
WHO says staff shortage, funding challenges hamper Congo Ebola responseJoy Online
… The DR Congo champions defeated Medeama in the first leg of the encounter at the TNA Stadium in Tarkwa on Sunday, scoring a late goal to break the hearts of the Ghanaian champions. …
CAF CL: ‘We have to confirm qualification in Lubumbashi’ – TP Mazembe boss wary of Medeama threatJoy Online
… Are they for Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Benin, Congo, and other African nations? Are they for Jamaica, Barbados, Haiti, and the wider Caribbean? …
I am American, I am Ghanaian: Where do I stand in the reparations conversation?Joy Online
… Medeama fell to a 1-0 loss to the DR Congo side at the TNA Stadium in Tarkwa as they began their quest to play in the continental club competition. …
Video: Watch highlights of Medeama SC’s loss to TP Mazembe in TarkwaJoy Online
… Medeama fell to a 1-0 loss to the DR Congo side at the TNA Stadium in Tarkwa as they began their quest to play in the continental club competition. …
CAF CL: Medeama suffer home defeat in first leg against TP MazembeThe Chronicle
… According to her, young Africans must make deliberate efforts to study the history of the continent beyond what is presented through mainstream narratives. “Not just the history of Ghana, not just the history of Congo, not just the history of Burkina Faso, not just the history of …
African youth demand debt cancellation, reparations at Accra forumJoy Online
… The DR Congo side have already arrived in Ghana with their delegation ahead of the tie. …
‘You carry Ghana’s hopes’ – Sports Ministry rallies Medeama, Nations FC ahead of Africa tiesJoy Online
Britain said on Tuesday it would provide more than £50 million ($67.56 million) in new funding to support efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where confirmed cases have surpassed 6,000 in the country’s largest-ever epidemic. …
UK pledges additional £50 million to help contain Ebola outbreak in CongoJoy Online
A Brussels court has ordered Belgian biometrics company Semlex and 13 other defendants to stand trial over alleged corruption, money laundering and tax fraud linked to a contract to produce passports in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the civil parties involved in the case said …
Belgian court orders trial for corruption, money laundering linked to Congo passport dealJoy Online
The Democratic Republic of the Congo faces the fastest-growing Ebola epidemic in recorded history. …
DR Congo Ebola outbreak surges past 6000 cases as death toll nears 3000Three male African wild dogs from Kafue National Park travelled 4,126 kilometres across Zambia between July 2025 and April 2026, the longest recorded dispersal by an African mammal, before settling in the Luangwa Valley ecosystem.
18 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Three male African wild dogs from Kafue National Park travelled 4,126 kilometres across Zambia between July 2025 and April 2026, the longest recorded dispersal by an African mammal, before settling in the Luangwa Valley ecosystem.
18 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Africa's top public health agency says the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ebola outbreak is still serious, with data showing gaps in infection prevention and control, contradicting the Congo Health Minister's assertion of "encouraging signs" since mid-August. The Africa CDC says transmission is not yet consistently controlled across all affected areas and cannot confirm the peak has been reached.
18 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Officials from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda are meeting in Geneva for talks on implementing the 2025 Washington Accords through the Joint Security Coordination Mechanism, with mediators from the United States, Qatar, Togo and the African Union Commission. The talks come as fighting persists in eastern DRC and key security commitments—including the DRC's obligation to neutralise the FDLR and Rwanda's disengagement of forces—remain unresolved.
16 September 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
The U.S. Export-Import Bank will lend nearly $100 million to Africell, Africa's only American-owned telecoms firm, to enable investment in mobile network technology from American and allied suppliers as part of efforts to counter China's Huawei expansion in Africa. The loan is part of Washington's broader campaign to replace Huawei telecoms equipment overseas.
14 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo have reached 7,022, and the outbreak has spread to a seventh province, South Ubangi in the country's northwest, according to government data.
13 September 2026 · Joy Online →
African participants from Cameroon, Congo and 23 other countries collected 22 cubic metres of waste from Lake Shartash in Ekaterinburg, Russia during a September 12, 2026 clean-up as part of the 2026 International Festival of Youth's "Waters of Russia" initiative.
13 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Kylian Mbappe has criticized an AI-generated meme superimposing his face on a dictator's body, saying it reveals "a lack of political and human awareness" despite acknowledging some use it good-naturedly to reflect his match dominance or club influence. He distinguished this from a "Mobut" nickname used by teammate Ousmane Dembele, which he said was lighthearted social media humor.
12 September 2026 · Joy Online →
A fire engulfed two schools in rebel-held Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 24 schoolchildren in a stampede as they fled, with adults also reported dead and fears the toll could rise further. Some 300 houses were also destroyed in the fire, whose cause remains unknown.
11 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Medeama SC travel to Lubumbashi for the CAF Champions League preliminary round second leg after losing 1-0 at home to TP Mazembe. The Ghanaian champions need to win by two goals to advance outright, or by one goal to force penalties.
11 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana Premier League champions Medeama Sporting Club have arrived in Lubumbashi for the second leg of their CAF Champions League preliminary stage match against TP Mazembe on Sunday, seeking to overturn a 1-0 first-leg loss from Tarkwa.
10 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The World Health Organisation says shortages of trained staff, operational partners, and funding are hampering efforts to expand the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo as the outbreak spreads beyond its initial epicentre in Bunia to six provinces. The Bundibugyo species of Ebola has killed 3,175 people and infected more than 6,000, and WHO estimates around 5,000 additional health workers are needed to reach planned capacity of 3,000 treatment beds.
9 September 2026 · Joy Online →
TP Mazembe's head coach Slimane Raho has cautioned that the CAF Champions League preliminary stage tie against Medeama is not yet decided despite his team's first-leg win, saying they must "confirm qualification in Lubumbashi" in the return fixture.
8 September 2026 · Joy Online →
A person with American and Ghanaian identities reflects on the complexity of the reparations conversation, asking where she stands as both a descendant of enslaved people transported from Africa and a current Ghanaian citizen, and questioning what "healing" should look like without first honestly naming the wound.
7 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana Premier League champions Medeama SC fell to a 1-0 loss to DR Congo's TP Mazembe in the preliminary stage of the CAF Champions League at TNA Stadium in Tarkwa, with the visitors scoring in the dying minutes to secure a first-leg advantage.
7 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana Premier League champions Medeama SC suffered a 1-0 home defeat to DR Congo's TP Mazembe in the preliminary stage of the CAF Champions League at the TNA Stadium in Tarkwa, with the decisive goal coming in the 86th minute.
6 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Pan-African activists and youth gathered at the University of Ghana for an International Youth Forum on Debt and Reparations, arguing that Africa's economic challenges stem from legacies of slavery, colonialism, and external control. The forum, organized by the Pan-African Progressive Front, called for African youth to lead campaigns for debt cancellation and reparatory justice as linked issues of economic sovereignty.
5 September 2026 · The Chronicle →
The Ministry of Sports and Recreation has sent goodwill messages to Medeama SC and Nations FC ahead of their CAF inter-club competition openers. Medeama will host TP Mazembe in the CAF Champions League preliminary round on September 6, while Nations FC face Mali's FC Diarra in the CAF Confederation Cup preliminary round on September 5.
4 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Britain announced more than £50 million in new funding to contain an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where confirmed cases have surpassed 6,000. The funding brings Britain's total contribution to £78 million and will support disease surveillance, health workers, treatment, infection control, community outreach, and safe burials.
2 September 2026 · Joy Online →
A Brussels court has ordered Belgian biometrics company Semlex and 13 other defendants to stand trial over alleged corruption, money laundering, and tax fraud linked to a contract to produce passports in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The decision follows a 2020 suit filed by 51 Congolese citizens and anti-corruption groups, and Reuters reported in 2017 that millions of dollars from the passport production were being channelled offshore, including to a company linked to a relative of then-President Joseph Kabila.
2 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is experiencing the fastest-growing Ebola epidemic on record, with official figures confirming more than 6,000 cases and 2,911 deaths, though more than 1,360 people have recovered. The World Health Organisation warns the outbreak remains entirely out of control, with transmission patterns threatening to surpass the 2014-2016 West Africa epidemic that claimed over 11,000 lives.
1 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Médecins Sans Frontières opened a new Ebola treatment centre in Beni, North Kivu, as the outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo faces bed shortages despite being the second deadliest on record. North Kivu has recorded 122 confirmed cases and 87 deaths since mid-May, with a 68% case fatality rate, and aid workers say up to 2,000 extra beds are needed to control the spread.
31 August 2026 · Joy Online →
President Mahama has arrived in Luanda, Angola, for the 21st Extraordinary Session of the African Union Assembly, focused on strengthening conflict prevention and resolution mechanisms across the continent. The summit, led by Angolan President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, aims to assess existing peace and security frameworks and agree on measures to improve coordination and implementation of African peace and security structures amid ongoing regional conflicts.
29 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Uganda has declared the end of its Ebola outbreak after completing 42 consecutive days without a new confirmed case, with the announcement welcomed by the Africa CDC and WHO. The country reported 20 confirmed cases of Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo virus, with 15 imported from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and five acquired locally.
27 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Pope Leo called for international action to help contain an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has claimed more than 2,500 lives and spread rapidly across the central African country. The outbreak is Congo's 17th Ebola epidemic and became the biggest in the country's history in terms of confirmed cases in late July.
24 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ebola virus is spreading "exponentially" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a death toll exceeding 2,500, according to UN warnings. The outbreak faces obstacles including conflict, attacks on health workers, conspiracy theories among locals, and the absence of a vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain.
21 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's malaria research network has called for sustained investment in disease surveillance and public health messaging, warning that while new prevention tools are emerging, gains against malaria remain fragile. According to WHO's World Malaria Report, the African region accounted for 94% of the world's estimated malaria cases and 95% of malaria deaths in 2024, with children under five accounting for roughly three-quarters of deaths in the region.
21 August 2026 · The Chronicle →
Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh called for deeper health cooperation among African countries to detect and contain disease outbreaks before they spread across borders, citing current Ebola spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He emphasized the need for improved information and technology sharing, increased local pharmaceutical investment, and inter-country solidarity.
20 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana has stepped up surveillance at points of entry and health facilities amid a surge in Ebola cases and deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh said the country has activated its surveillance systems and is working with the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research to strengthen testing and response capacity.
20 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo now exceed 5,000 with 2,378 deaths, making it the second-worst outbreak globally behind the 2014–2016 West Africa epidemic. The Bundibugyo species outbreak, declared in May, has accelerated due to weak health infrastructure, community resistance, and instability hampering response efforts.
20 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States over the next 12 months, with the first group of 20 expected to arrive on Thursday. The deportees are individuals the U.S. cannot legally send to their home countries after immigration judges determined they faced risk of torture or abuse there; they will be received as guests who can apply for Liberian asylum.
19 August 2026 · Joy Online →