Raymond Akamby

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to a sixth province in the northeast of the country raising fears of further transmission across the region. It comes as experts describe the outbreak as the fastest spreading on record. The deadly disease has claimed more than 2 100 lives out of 4 500 cases recorded since mid-May. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed a new case of Ebola in the DRC’s northeastern province of Bas-Uele.

At least five people died after an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 and dozens of aftershocks struck off eastern Indonesia early on Saturday, a provincial governor said. Tsunami waves of less than 1 metre (3 feet) were recorded in several areas of the Southeast Asian nation. The tsunami warning was lifted about three hours after the quake. The governor of East Nusa Tenggara Province, Emanuel Melkiades Laka Lena, told a press conference the five people died from collapsing rubble as they slept.