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Trump Gutted USAID. Congo Pays the Price in an Ebola Epidemic

The lack of an effective vaccine, inadequate healthcare infrastructure, conflict and cuts to international assistance are hobbling efforts to contain Ebola in Congo.

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Why Aid Isn’t Reaching Ebola’s Epicenter

The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has a new epicenter, one largely isolated from aid by an armed group that has killed and…

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Caught Between Killers: Ebola on One Side, Islamic State on the Other

The new epicenter of Congo’s fast-spreading outbreak is a region scarred by rebel violence. Responders are struggling to help it.

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Swiss Ebola patient repatriated from Nigeria recovers

A Swiss woman who contracted the strain of Ebola linked to the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been discharged from a hospital in Geneva,…

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DR Congo doctors say Ebola cases growing

Efforts to contain the outbreak are complicated by a shortage of beds at treatment centers, combined with logistical problems

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Over 11,000 Ebola cases reported in Congo during country’s deadliest outbreak

According to the latest health ministry data, 11,042 people have been infected with the deadly virus that has now killed 5,387.

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From Glencore to the central bank, who are the women driving DRC’s economy?

From the boardrooms of international mining giants to the country’s financial institutions and agribusiness sector, a growing number of Congolese women are

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Number of Ebola cases in DR Congo tops 11,000 — Reuters

According to official data cited by the news agency, the number of fatalities is nearing 5,400

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