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What is Ebola and why is stopping the latest outbreak so difficult?

Published by BBC News By James Gallagher - Health and science correspondent; Emery Makumeno - BBC Africa · 15 September 2026 at 21:23
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What is Ebola and why is stopping the latest outbreak so difficult?
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DR Congo's Ebola outbreak involves a rare species of the virus and is in an area affected by conflict.

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