FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Eintracht Frankfurt appointed Adi Hütter as coach on Sunday, with the Austrian making a return to the Bundesliga and the club he left five years ago.
Hütter has signed a three-year contract with Frankfurt to replace Albert Riera, who left by mutual agreement last month after a short and turbulent spell in charge.
Frankfurt finished eighth last season, just outside the European spots.
“For me it’s very special and emotional to be coach at Eintracht again,” the 56-year-old Hütter said. “The time we had together in Frankfurt left a big impression on me and has always stayed with me.
“Looking back, I always had the feeling of having unfinished business. I’m therefore all the more pleased to get the opportunity to tackle this task with a lot of hard work, discipline and a clear focus.”
Hütter first took charge at Frankfurt in 2018, leading it to the Europa League semifinals in his first season. He left for Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2021.
His last job was at Monaco, where he steered the team to a second- and third-place finish in the French league but he was fired in October after a poor start to the season.
“Adi Hütter stands for brave attacking football, clarity and discipline,” Frankfurt sporting director Markus Krösche said. “He’s shown in his career that he can combine fast-paced transitional play with possession – especially at Monaco, where he so effectively developed and stabilised one of the youngest teams in the league that they were able to establish themselves among the elite in France.
“After very good talks, we are convinced that we can advance Eintracht together. It’s an advantage that Adi knows the structures, the environment and the people in and around the club, and won’t really need a settling-in period.”
Hütter also guided Red Bull Salzburg to the Austrian league and cup double before leading Young Boys Bern to the Swiss league title in 2018.
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FILE - AS Monaco head coach Adi Hutter speaks during a press conference at the AS Monaco training center in La Turbie near Monaco, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, File)
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Five patients have recovered from a rare type of Ebola, the head of the World Health Organization said Sunday during a visit to eastern Congo’s Bunia, a city at the heart of an outbreak.
“Four people will be discharged today and there was one that was discharged the day before yesterday,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during the opening of a new Ebola treatment center in Bunia, the provinical capital of Ituri.
“Of course, we’re still working on vaccines and treatments but that doesn’t mean that people cannot recover from Ebola,” he added.
The WHO said Friday a patient had recovered from the Bundibugyo virus, the current kind of Ebola, which has no approved treatment or vaccine. It was the first documented recovery of a confirmed Bundibugyo patient during the current outbreak.
The health organization said latest official figures showed 906 suspected cases and 223 suspected deaths. Neighboring Uganda has confirmed nine cases and one death, the Ugandan Health Ministry said Friday.
The virus continues to spread faster than the response despite better-organized health facilities and new aid arrivals, Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, said Saturday, calling for the immediate expansion of testing, faster deployment of aid workers and sustained access for medical supplies.
The dangers faced by health workers have been heightened by anger among residents over the stringent medical protocols for handling the victims’ bodies, which clash with local burial rites. Residents have launched at least three attacks against health centers.
Tedros stressed the importance of involving the community in the outbreak response during the opening of the new treatment center on Sunday.
“If you come to health facilities when you have symptoms, you can get the support and recover, so the key is to come forward as early as possible and to get the necessary support," the WHO chief said.
“We can stop this Ebola and anyone who has it can also recover. But the rule ... is this thing is everybody’s business and every citizen should be involved,” he added.
Attacks in Ituri by the Allied Democratic Forces, a rebel group allied with the Islamic State group, and a coalition of ethnic militias have also hindered the response.
The illness also has been reported in the Congolese provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu, south of Ituri, where the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group controls many key cities, including Goma and Bukavu. The rebels have reported two cases.
“The final message we would like to share with the Ituri community is that there is hope,” Pierre Akilimali, Incident Manager at Congo's National Institute of Public Health, said during the inauguration on Sunday.
“With the symptomatic treatment that we are currently providing, we are seeing patients recover,” Akilimali added.
“We truly have hope. The virus here is not as complicated as those we have dealt with in the past, and with the support of all our partners, we believe we will be able to bring this outbreak under control as quickly as possible,” said Davin Ambitapio, another doctor at the treatment center.
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Banchereau reported from Dakar, Senegal.
A view of a ward at the Evangelical Medical Center (CEM) during a visit by the Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Bunia, Congo, Sunday, May 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, visits the Evangelical Medical Center (CEM) in Bunia, Congo, Sunday, May 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, center right, visits the Evangelical Medical Center (CEM) in Bunia, Congo, Sunday, May 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, visits health workers at the Evangelical Medical Centre (CEM) in Bunia, Congo, Sunday, May 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
