Cholera cases spike in the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid Ebola outbreak

14 October 2026

The World Health Organization warned on Wednesday, 14 October 2026, that the cholera epidemic continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
More than 125,000 suspected cases and 3,644 suspected deaths were recorded between January 2025 and the end of September 2026.
Since the beginning of 2026, more than 51,412 suspected cholera cases including 1,487 deaths have been reported across 21 provinces.
South Kivu, North Kivu and Haut-Katanga account for nearly 60 per cent of reported suspected cases.
Response teams are preparing to install four water chlorination sites in the most affected areas of North Kivu.
The country is also facing an Ebola epidemic with 9,066 cases and 4,381 deaths according to the latest WHO data.