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Cholera killed 1,800 in 2026 in Democratic Republic of Congo according to WHO

Le Monde4 November 2026, 22:38 UTCDemocratic Republic of the Congo

The UN health agency's chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, described it as the DRC's 'worst cholera outbreak in decades,' while the African country is also battling a deadly Ebola outbreak.

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