{"id":37498,"date":"2026-06-19T09:37:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37498"},"modified":"2026-06-19T09:37:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:37:48","slug":"rwanda-reassures-world-on-ebola-free-status","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/rwanda-reassures-world-on-ebola-free-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda reassures world on Ebola-free status"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"x_aboveBlackLine\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Rwanda has moved to reassure the international community that it remains free of Ebola infections despite ongoing outbreaks in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Speaking during a media briefing in South Africa (SA) on Wednesday, Rwanda&#8217;s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, Olivier J.P. Nduhungirehe, said no Ebola cases have been recorded in Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">He also stressed that the provinces of eastern DRC bordering Rwanda are also free of the disease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The remarks came during bilateral talks with SA&#8217;s Minister of International Relations and Co-operation, Ronald Lamola as the two countries seek to reset bilateral relations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">In his remarks, Nduhungirehe, said his country and the provinces of North and South Kive of eastern DRC bordering Rwanda remain Ebola-free, reducing the immediate risk of cross-border transmission as the death toll in the DRC has surpassed 130 according to the World Health Organization-<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34548,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-37498","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Rwanda remains free of Ebola","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37498","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\/37498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37499,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37498\/revisions\/37499"}],"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=37498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=37498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}