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World Service,18 May 2026,49 mins
Rwanda tightens screening at its border with the DRC amid Ebola outbreak
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The WHO has declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern, after a case was detected in another neighbouring country, Uganda. We also hear from a survivor of the infection from the world's biggest Ebola outbreak a decade ago about how it is to recover from the deadly infection. A new report says the number of executions that took place around the world last year was the highest figure in more than 4 decades driven largely by Iran. Our correspondent brings us that report. (Photo: Workers stand guard at the gate of the Kibuli Muslim Hospital where a Congolese man died of Ebola Bundibugyo virus; Credit: Abubaker Lubowa/Reuters)
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