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DR Congo: Ebola responders under pressure as outbreak expands

UN News22 October 2026, 12:00 UTCDemocratic Republic of the Congo

As the deadly Ebola disease outbreak reached an eighth province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), investigators pursued all leads on Thursday to assess the risk of the disease spreading in Nigeria.

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