KINSHASA, Oct. 15 -- Cholera killed 86 people in Congo in a single week, up from 62 the week before, while an Ebola outbreak that has now killed 4,381 runs alongside it.

The World Health Organization counted 2,932 suspected cholera cases between September 21 and 28, up from 2,506 the previous week, an increase of 426 cases, or about 17 percent, with deaths rising roughly 39 percent. South Kivu, North Kivu and Haut-Katanga account for nearly 60 percent of suspected cases, and four new health zones were affected, three in Tshuapa province and one in South Kivu.

The weekly figures sit on a long climb. Since January 2025 Congo has recorded more than 125,000 suspected cases and 3,644 deaths, and so far in 2026 more than 51,412 cases and 1,48...