African countries join forces to prevent Ebola spreading
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and South Sudan co-ordinate their response to the Ebola outbreak as the number of suspected cases in the DRC surpasses 900. Also: a pro-Palestinian activist makes serious allegations about her treatment after being detained on board a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, which Israel denies; President Trump says Iran and the US "must take their time" to reach an agreement, dashing hopes of an imminent deal; we hear from women in Afghanistan where activists say the number of forced underage marriages have risen in the five years since the Taliban stopped girls over the age of twelve going to school; and we go to the controversial Enhanced Games - or the "Olympics on steroids".
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.6 | I'm Charlotte Gallagher, and in the early hours of Monday, the 25th of May, these are our main stories. |
| 0:18.1 | The Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and South Sudan, adopt a joint plan |
| 0:23.3 | to counter the spread of Ebola across the region. And President Trump tells U.S. negotiators |
| 0:29.0 | not to rush into a deal with Iran, despite earlier suggestions an agreement had largely been reached. |
| 0:36.9 | Also in this podcast. It was horrific, you know, on all levels. |
| 0:41.5 | The story of an activist on the Gaza flotilla raided by Israeli forces and its elite sports ultimate |
| 0:49.3 | taboo. Think of everything that's banned in the Olympics and anything that's banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, |
| 0:56.1 | but that's approved by the FDA and that's what they're on. |
| 1:00.1 | We go to the enhanced games, literally the Olympics on steroids. |
| 1:08.7 | African countries are working together to try and stop the current Ebola outbreak |
| 1:13.9 | centered in the Democratic Republic of Congo from turning into a wider continental crisis. |
| 1:19.6 | There have now been more than 200 deaths and 900 suspected cases |
| 1:24.6 | as the disease spreads through conflict-hit regions with weak health systems. |
| 1:30.0 | Our correspondent Thomas Nadi told me more. |
| 1:32.4 | In Kampala, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda itself and then South Sudan decided to adopt a joint plan |
| 1:42.1 | and is basically to counter the spread of the Ebola virus across |
| 1:47.5 | the region. What they are doing is they are trying to increase border monitoring, improve |
| 1:53.4 | protection for frontline workers, and then also expand capacity. And we've seen that the numbers |
| 1:59.8 | have started increasing. The WHO announced on |
| 2:03.6 | Sunday that the number of suspected cases have risen to over 900 and then 101 consent cases. And this |
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