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République du Congo, Kenya, Nigéria : le virus Ebola gagne du terrain

France 24 (fr)21 October 2026, 15:09 UTCDemocratic Republic of the Congo

Le Nigeria est le quatrième pays africain cette année à être touché par le virus Ebola de souche Bundibugyo, qui ravage la République du Congo (RDC) depuis mai, devenue en quelques mois la plus meurtrière jamais connue dans ce vaste pays d'Afrique centrale. Les précisions d'Aurélie Bazzara-Kibangula, correspondante France 24 à Kinshasa et Samuel Roger Kamba, ministre de la Santé publique de la RDC.

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