Ebola outbreak started three months before official declaration, WHO says
The World Health Organization says that sequencing shows the fast-moving Ebola outbreak in DR Congo started about three months before the emergency was officially declared in May. Also, it's crunch week for Zambia as voters gear up for presidential elections. Plus a Rwandan mine has become one of the US's main supplier
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Cover image: EYE ON AFRICA © FRANCE 24 11:54
Issued on: 10/08/2026 - 22:26
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The World Health Organization says that sequencing shows the fast-moving Ebola outbreak in DR Congo started about three months before the emergency was officially declared in May. Also, it's crunch week for Zambia as voters gear up for presidential elections. Plus a Rwandan mine has become one of the US's main suppliers of tungsten, a metal critical to the defence industry.
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