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Photos show how the Ebola outbreak is changing nightlife in Congo

Face masks around bars, DJ booths and beer bottles. Temperature checks at every entry. These are some of the measures in place in eastern Congolese city of Bunia where authorities have announced strict measures to slow the Ebola outbreak.

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Congo reports record daily jump in new Ebola cases as outbreak spirals

Authorities have reported a sharp rise in Ebola cases, with 72 new cases in one day

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Ebola cases and death toll in eastern Congo climbing

The Democratic Republic of ‌Congo has reported nearly 800 cases of the rare strain of Ebola, while more 180 people have died.

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Ebola cases in eastern Congo climb to 782 and deaths reach 181, authorities say

The Congolese Ministry of Health reports that confirmed Ebola cases in Congo have increased to 782, with 181 deaths

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Almost 140 dead as Ebola outbreak spreads in Congo

Congo has reported 689 confirmed cases of Ebola and 136 deaths in an outbreak that has also spread to neighbouring Uganda, which has reported 19 cases.

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Congo's Ebola outbreak spreads to new health zones

Africa's Centre for Disease Control is concerned about the low number of contacts of Ebola patients in Congo that have been identified and traced.

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Reframing the Congo Through Film: Infrastructure, Narrative Power, and Cultural Production at Scale

Congo has been consistently defined in international discourse through instability and crisis framing, while its cultural and creative economy remains underrepresented and underdeveloped in global media systems.

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The pain of DRC’s past echoes into this new Ebola outbreak

IN FOCUS: Dr Osman Dar writes about how one of the darkest chapters in the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo still has ramifications for its people today

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Motorcycle taxi drivers in Congo rally for Ebola awareness as attacks hinder response

Dozens of motorcycle taxi drivers have joined an Ebola awareness caravan in eastern Congo

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Ebola cases climbing in Democratic Republic of Congo

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in The Democratic Republic of Congo continues to climb, with nearly 600 recorded, while more than 100 people have died.

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Ebola deaths rise to 100 as conflict slows response

The death toll from an Ebola outbreak that began in eastern Congo has hit 100, as protests and armed conflict continue to hinder efforts to stop the outbreak.

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Ebola death toll soars to 100 less than a month after outbreak declared

Efforts to contain the outbreak are being hampered by attacks on health workers

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Survivors share experiences and lessons from Congo’s 2018 Ebola outbreak

Survivors including health and aid workers recall their experiences and lessons during the 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo

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Confirmed Ebola cases pass 550 after US warning spread could match record outbreak

Local officials say more than 90 people have died across the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda

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Latin American Migrants Deported to Congo Return to Countries Deemed Unsafe by US Courts

The Congolese government confirmed that at least eight of the 15 deportees left Congo in recent weeks through the International Organization for Migration's Assisted Voluntary Return program

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Congo's confirmed Ebola cases rise to 544

DAKAR — Africa's top public health ‌agency said on Monday that the number of confirmed Ebola cases ⁠in the Democratic Republic of Congo ‌had risen to 544.

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Celebrating a wedding amid the Ebola outbreak: No kisses or close contact, but love lives here

Authorities have raced to slow the Ebola disease outbreak in Congo with strict measures, including by limiting public gatherings and enforcing social distancing

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EU announces €5 million boost to Ebola response in DRC

As Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo climb above 450 and fears grow of a wider regional outbreak, the European Union has announced an additional €5 million to strengthen testing and disease surveillance.

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Health workers at the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak labor with little pay or rest

Health workers inside the epicenter of Congo's outbreak say they are working with little pay or rest

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‘Racist mindsets’: Congolese in Ireland feel fear in wake of Yves Sakila’s death

After a death in Dublin with echoes of George Floyd, people of colour sense rising hostility

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Health workers at the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak labor with little pay or rest

Health workers inside Mongbwalu, the epicenter of Congo's outbreak, say they are working with little pay or rest

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Milo Rau turned tribunals into theatre. Now his own moral judgment is on trial

The Swiss director has staged court cases against Pussy Riot, mining companies in Congo and Gisèle Pelicot’s abusers. But after his invitation to tech billionaire Peter Thiel caused a scandal in Vienna, is Rau’s method eating itself?

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Uganda closes Congo border over Ebola outbreak fears

Fear for traders in region after border closure

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DR Congo warns of 'rapid' community spread of Ebola

The ‌World Health Organisation chief has announced a $US518 million six-month plan to fight Ebola, ‌voicing ‌optimism ⁠the outbreak can be contained.

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More than half of Latin Americans deported from US to Congo are now back home

More than half the 15 Latin Americans deported to Congo under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown have returned to their home countries

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