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DR Congo cancel World Cup training in Kinshasa amid Ebola outbreak

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DR Congo celebrate after qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 2026 by beating Jamaica 1-0 during the playoff match at the Guadalajara Stadium in Zapopan, Mexico on March 31, 2026. [AFP]

The Democratic Republic of Congo national football team have cancelled a planned pre-World Cup training camp at home after the country was hit by an Ebola outbreak, a team official told AFP Wednesday.

The outbreak of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever was declared in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last Friday.

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