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Eye on Africa - Ebola treatment centre in DR Congo burnt down as anger grows

France24 · · 154 words · By Georja Calvin-Smith; Elisa AMIRI; Bastien RENOUIL; Caitlin KELLY
Public health crisis in DR Congo Entrepreneurship in South Africa Mental health in the African tech industry
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“an ebola treatment centre in a town at the heart of the outbreak in DR Congo is torched by scared and frustrated locals”
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Two independent news sources (CNN and AP) confirm that protesters/residents set fire to an Ebola treatment center in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to fear and frustration over the retrieval of a body.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In August–November 1976, an outbreak of Ebola virus disease occurred in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). The first recorded case was from Yambuku, a small village in Mongala District,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Zaire_Ebola_virus_outbrea…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ebola River ( or ), also commonly known by its Ngbandi name Legbala, is the headstream of the Mongala River, a tributary of the Congo River, in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is ro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_River
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list of Ebola outbreaks records the known occurrences of Ebola virus disease, a highly infectious and acutely lethal viral disease that has afflicted humans and animals primarily in equatorial Af…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ebola_outbreaks
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“a health crisis that claimed at least 159 lives so far”
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Different sources provide conflicting death tolls for the outbreak in question. One source reports 'at least 136 people' died, while another reports '80 deaths'. The claim of 'at least 159 lives' is not explicitly confirmed by the provided evidence, and the numbers vary significantly across reports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo or less often Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is the second-largest …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Con…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by four of the six known ebolaviruses. Symp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Kivu Ebola epidemic was an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) mainly in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and in other parts of Central Africa, from 2018 to 2020. Between 1 August…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kivu_Ebola_epidemic
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“Khayelitsha Cookies, a women-led business on the outskirts of Cape Town, has secured a deal to supply British Airways.”
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Multiple independent sources, including the official GOV.UK website and other web results, confirm that Khayelitsha Cookies, a women-led business in Cape Town, secured a deal to supply British Airways.
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web search NEUTRAL — Khayelitsha Cookies is a biscuit producer based in Cape Town. It has agreed contracts worth more than R1.4 million with two companies UK backed companies.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/khayelitsha-cookies-to-be…
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web search NEUTRAL — Cape Town ETC. Cape Town bakery Khayelitsha Cookies lands R1.4m British Airways deal.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — The women-led company is changing lives by creating jobs and opportunities for local communities. The South Africa-UK partnership is getting praise for opening doors for small businesses and boosting …
https://briefly.co.za/people/women/242128-khayelitsha-cookie…
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