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- Follow-up: Death toll from gunmen's raid on Binnari village in Nigeria's Taraba State rises to at least 48, police say
Police spokesperson Mshelizah said the death toll from an attack by gunmen on Binnari village in Taraba State, north-east Nigeria, has risen to at least 48, while Amnesty International said it had confirmed 52 deaths. The gunmen reportedly rode into the village on motorbikes in an attack lasting up to 4 hours, and some villagers drowned while fleeing. Police had earlier given a figure of at least 10 dead.
Oct 26, 2026 Morning - Gunmen attack village in eastern Nigeria's Taraba state; police say at least 10 dead, Amnesty says 40
Nigerian police said on Saturday, Oct 24, that a large group of gunmen on motorcycles attacked Binnari village in Taraba state on Oct 23 and that by that evening 10 bodies had been found; attackers also looted food from shops. Residents said the gunmen opened fire shortly after Friday prayers. Survivors told AFP at least 20 people were killed, and Le Monde also reported at least 20 dead; Amnesty International said in a statement on Oct 24 that the death toll was 40 and that more bodies were found the same day after police confirmed 10 deaths. Many parts of Nigeria have long faced attacks by armed gangs and bandits.
Oct 25, 2026 Afternoon - Follow-up: Nigeria's first Ebola patient confirmed as wife of a Swiss diplomat; 44 close contacts quarantined
After Nigeria confirmed its first Ebola case in more than a decade on Oct 20, Switzerland's foreign ministry confirmed the patient is the 42-year-old Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat living in Abuja. It said she spent about a week with symptoms at a private clinic in Abuja before diagnosis and is believed to have been infected while travelling in Uganda, though health authorities have not confirmed the source; her husband is in quarantine without symptoms, and the embassy's eight Swiss and 17 local staff are healthy and need no quarantine. Wessam Mankoula of Africa CDC said 44 close contacts had been quarantined and authorities are investigating whether she met Kenya's first patient at an airport in Uganda; the outbreak in DR Congo, which began in May, has killed at least 4,600 people and infected about 9,700.
Oct 24, 2026 Morning - Follow-up: Nigeria's first Ebola case matches DR Congo outbreak strain; patient had holidayed in Uganda
Al Jazeera reported Nigeria's Centre for Disease Control said on Oct 21 that molecular testing confirmed the country's first Ebola case as the same strain causing the DR Congo outbreak, also confirmed by WHO; the strain has no vaccine or specific treatment, and this is the outbreak's first spread to West Africa. BBC reported the patient, the 42-year-old Ugandan-born wife of a diplomat living in Abuja, spent two and a half weeks in Kampala, transited in Ethiopia's capital and returned to Abuja on Oct 3, falling ill three days later. Health minister Muhammad Ali Pate said she was stable and improving and 44 contacts had been traced.
Oct 22, 2026 Afternoon - Nigeria confirms first Ebola case in Abuja in a woman who flew in from Uganda; Kenya confirms ninth case
Nigeria's federal health ministry said a woman who arrived by air from Uganda tested positive for Ebola in the capital Abuja, the country's first case in the current outbreak; she developed symptoms on Oct 7, was admitted to a private hospital in Abuja on Oct 11 and was later confirmed, and the health minister said 44 close contacts are being traced. Kenya's health ministry confirmed its ninth case the same day, a 24-year-old man already in isolation. The head of Africa CDC said this Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak is the most geographically widespread on record, affecting several countries in three African regions, with a fatality rate close to 50%.
Oct 21, 2026 Morning