Rd Congo sounds alarm over Ebola outbreak
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“Rd Congo sounds alarm over Ebola outbreak”
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Multiple independent news sources confirm an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Google News reports 246 suspected cases as of May 2026, The Guardian reports the WHO declaring it a 'public health emergency of international concern', and Al Mayadeen English confirms the detection of the outbreak in the Ituri province.
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— 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,…
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— 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…
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— 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…
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