The World Health Organization has declared the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), warning that the rare Bundibugyo strain poses a serious regional threat amid rising infections, healthcare worker deaths, and cross-border transmission.

Sleiman Timios Kwidini has sparked controversy after revealing that government officials laughed while discussing last month’s nurses’ strike, saying no one in the world could adequately pay nurses for the work they do.