"Catastrophic collision of disease and conflict": Ebola grips eastern Congo

NPR | By Emmet Livingstone

Published May 28, 2026 at 3:47 AM CDT

Mongbwalu, a once-thriving gold-mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, is now emerging as the epicenter of the country's latest Ebola outbreak.

Emmet Livingstone

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