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Ebola Ban Targets Protest Over President’s Term Extension

6/30/2026

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The interior minister banned gatherings in Kinshasa, Tshopo, Haut-Uele and Bas-Uele as Ebola spreads in the east.
Prince Epenge and Rodrigue Ramazani say the ban aims to suppress a protest on 8 July that would block a law letting President Felix Tshisekedi stay beyond two terms.
Health officials said a doctor who tested positive for Ebola in France had traveled through Kinshasa after working at a treatment centre in outbreak’s epicentre.

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The interior minister banned gatherings in Kinshasa, Tshopo, Haut-Uele and Bas-Uele as Ebola spreads in the east.
Prince Epenge and Rodrigue Ramazani say the ban aims to suppress a protest on 8 July that would block a law letting President Felix Tshisekedi stay beyond two terms.
Health officials said a doctor who tested positive for Ebola in France had traveled through Kinshasa after working at a treatment centre in outbreak’s epicentre.