{"id":34793,"date":"2026-05-18T20:28:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=34793"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:29:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:29:22","slug":"au-expresses-concern-over-ebola-outbreak-in-drc-uganda","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/au-expresses-concern-over-ebola-outbreak-in-drc-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"AU expresses concern over Ebola outbreak in DRC, Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The African Union (AU) Commission Chair, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has expressed concern over the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">He says the continental body is watching the developments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The AU boss has also commended the governments of the two countries for their concerted efforts to contain the outbreaks in the region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Ali Youssouf says the continental body stands in solidarity with the people of the DRC and Uganda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">He has welcomed preparedness measures undertaken by authorities in South Sudan as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The AU boss adds that they support the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention for coordinating a continental response alongside the World Health Organisation and other partners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The continental body chief has called on member states to intensify support for preparedness, surveillance and rapid response efforts to curb the spread of the disease.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u2014SABC\u2014<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34548,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-34793","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"He says the continental body is watching the developments.","published_date":"","news_description":"He says the continental body is watching the developments.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34794,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34793\/revisions\/34794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=34793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}