Kinshasa, May 28, 2026 (AFP) - WHO chief heads to Ebola-hit DR Congo

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The head of the UN health agency was heading to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, in a show of support for the African country as it battles its latest deadly Ebola outbreak. "I want you to know that you are not alone," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, said in a message posted on X, addressing the Congolese people. "Together, we will overcome this outbreak," he said, vowing to do "everything in my......

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