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Kidnapped Ebola Mother and Daughter Escalate North Kivu Outbreak

6/17/2026

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Assailants kidnapped a woman and her Ebola-positive daughter from an unprotected health centre near Butembo, North Kivu.
Pair remain at large as Lubambo Maboko Gaston urges them to seek treatment, saying health workers were unharmed.
North Kivu reports 67 Ebola cases and 38 deaths, bringing the tally to 837 infections and 196 fatalities.
Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya warned the outbreak could become the worst ever if not contained soon.

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Assailants kidnapped a woman and her Ebola-positive daughter from an unprotected health centre near Butembo, North Kivu.
Pair remain at large as Lubambo Maboko Gaston urges them to seek treatment, saying health workers were unharmed.
North Kivu reports 67 Ebola cases and 38 deaths, bringing the tally to 837 infections and 196 fatalities.
Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya warned the outbreak could become the worst ever if not contained soon.