"Health officials are unsure how this year's outbreak began," reports the paper. "Experts warn the disease spreads quicker in heavily populated areas."

Isn't it interesting that just as Prince William is calling for "urgent depopulation efforts" in Africa, we suddenly have the rapid spread of the plague from unknown origins? As Natural News previously reported, Prince William appears to be pushing for depopulation efforts across Africa in the name of environmentalism:

"Africa's rapidly growing human population is predicted to more than double by 2050 – a staggering increase of three and a half million people per month," Prince William explained during a recent event hosted by the Tusk Trust, a charity that is committed to protecting African wildlife.

According to The Telegraph, Prince William continued, "Urbanization, infrastructure development, cultivation – all good things in themselves, but they will have a terrible impact unless we begin to plan and to take measures now."