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    Goats and Soda
    Claude Mabowa, pictured in 2019, is an Ebola survivor from Congo who lost family members to the virus.
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    Ebola Never Went Away. But Now There's A Drug To Treat It

    Oct 20, 2020
    Regeneron — the pharmaceutical company developing COVID-19 treatments — has received FDA approval for the first drug aimed at another infectious disease that's been in the headlines.
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    Goats and Soda
    Kathungu Kinyatole plants a tree to honor a loved one she lost to the Ebola virus.
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    Alternative Mourning Rituals Offer Comfort And Closure During An Outbreak

    Apr 02, 2020
    A program in the Democratic Republic of Congo has helped survivors mourn the loss of a loved one to Ebola — and may be relevant for families coping with death in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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    Africa
    A World Health Organization medic prepares a vaccination dose for a front-line aid worker earlier this year in the small town of Mangina, Democratic Republic of Congo. Four Ebola response workers were killed and six others injured in two attacks overnigh
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    'It Was Unmistakably A Directed Attack': 4 Ebola Workers Killed In Congo

    Nov 28, 2019
    The two overnight assaults on Ebola response teams also injured at least six people, according to the World Health Organization. The attacks come at a pivotal time for the fight against the disease.
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    Africa
    Bosco Ntaganda, the former Congolese militia leader known as "Terminator," awaits his verdict Thursday in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. The warlord would ultimately be sentenced to 30 years in jail for war c
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    'Terminator' Of Congo, Bosco Ntaganda, Gets Historic 30-Year Sentence For War Crimes

    Nov 07, 2019
    The prison sentence is the longest ever doled out by the International Criminal Court, which earlier this year found the former warlord guilty of atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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    Goats and Soda
    KOKOKO!, a band from the Democratic Republic of Congo, performs at an NPR Tiny Desk Concert that will be posted at a future date.
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    Congo's KOKOKO! Makes Joyful Dance Music From Instruments Made Of Junk

    Oct 19, 2019
    The band couldn't afford instruments. So they made their own out of scavenged items, like kitchen pots and air-conditioner parts. On their U.S. tour, they stopped by NPR's Tiny Desk.
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    Goats and Soda
    Pascal Bitasimwa, 12, of Goma (in the red shirt) goes to Lake Kivu to fill up jerrycans with water. "This takes me much of my time," he says. "Instead of going to study, I come first to take water."
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    Forget About The Tap: A City Of 2 Million Has Virtually No Running Water

    Oct 18, 2019
    Democratic Republic of Congo is the scene of the world's second deadliest Ebola outbreak. But in the city of Goma, some 250 miles from the hot zone, residents have other concerns.
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    Goats and Soda
    Samuel Swedi, 22, is an electrical engineering student at Goma University in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He doesn't have a textbook — just whatever notes he has written in his notebook.
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    In Congo, Ebola Is Just One More Thing To Worry About

    Sep 10, 2019
    For a variety of reasons, the people in eastern Congo are skeptical about the international efforts to quash the Ebola crisis that has claimed 2,000 lives so far.
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    Goats and Soda
    Esperance Nabintu, 42, an Ebola survivor, photographed on Aug. 15 in Goma. One of her children also contracted the disease and survived. But her husband, Rene Daniele Fataki, died from the disease. This photo was taken as friends and family gathered at h
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    Why The Ebola Response Is A Success In Goma — But Not Elsewhere In Congo

    Aug 30, 2019
    What's working in this city of 2 million people, and why hasn't it worked in other parts of the country? The outbreak in Congo has now claimed 2,000 lives and is the second biggest in history.
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    Goats and Soda
    Health workers in Congo carry the coffins of Ebola victims to a burial site.
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    Ebola Outbreak In Congo Enters Year 2. Is An End In Sight?

    Aug 01, 2019
    The crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now entering its second year. Medical workers discuss causes for optimism — and pessimism.
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    Africa

    WHO Weighs Declaring Global Health Emergency As Ebola Spreads In Africa

    Jun 13, 2019

    The latest outbreak has killed nearly 1,400 people in Democratic Republic of the Congo, but new cases in neighboring Uganda have raised further concern at the World Health Organization.

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    Uganda has reported its first death from Ebola. Here, a health worker takes a woman's temperature at a border crossing between Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo, part of an effort to screen for Ebola and prevent its spread.
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    5-Year-Old Dies In Uganda As Ebola Spreads From Democratic Republic Of The Congo

    Jun 12, 2019
    Uganda's Ministry of Health says the dead boy's brother, 3, and grandmother, 50, also tested positive for Ebola. The 5-year-old and his mother had been in Democratic Republic of the Congo days ago.
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    Africa
    A Police officer stands guard in front of a window riddled with bullet holes in an Ebola treatment center, which was attacked in the early hours of the Saturday morning in Butembo. The Democratic Republic of Congo is currently experiencing one of the lar
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    1 Killed In Latest Attack On Ebola Treatment Center In Congo

    Mar 09, 2019
    An Ebola treatment center in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been attacked for a second time in the past month, as the country deals with one of the largest outbreaks of the epidemic in history.
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    Goats and Soda
    Assailants set fire to an Ebola treatment center run by Doctors Without Borders in Katwa, a rural suburb in Democratic Republic of the Congo, on February 25.
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    Why Doctors Without Borders Is Suspending Work In The Ebola Epicenter In Congo

    Mar 01, 2019
    After two fiery attacks on its treatment centers in Democratic Republic of the Congo, the medical charity is putting its operations there on hold — and rethinking its role.
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    Africa
    Felix Tshisekedi holds the constitution after being sworn in Thursday as president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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    Felix Tshisekedi Is Sworn In As Congo's President

    Jan 24, 2019
    Tshisekedi was declared the winner of last month's disputed election. Some groups allege that the opposition leader struck a deal with Congo's outgoing president.
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    Africa
    Opposition presidential candidate Felix Tshisekedi casting his ballot in Kinshasa. Tshisekedi won the election amid concerns of vote-rigging.
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    Surprise Winner Of Congolese Election Is An Opposition Leader

    Jan 09, 2019
    Felix Tshisekedi was declared winner of the long-delayed election. Another opposition candidate, Martin Fayulu — who had been considered the frontrunner — called the results rigged.
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    Africa
    Voters wait to cast their ballot outside a polling station in Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday.
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    Congolese Hold Their Breath, Wondering If This Presidential Election Will Be Credible

    Dec 30, 2018
    Election day delays kept polling stations open for hours after they were supposed to close in the capital Kinshasa, with one of the big issues attributed to new voting machines.
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    World
    Joseph Kabila, the outgoing president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sits in a garden at his personal ranch on Monday.
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    'Congo Does Not Take Any Orders From Anybody': Interview With President Joseph Kabila

    Dec 13, 2018
    Joseph Kabila is barred from seeking a third consecutive term as president of Congo, where elections are scheduled later this month. But he doesn't rule out running again in the future.
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    Do You Know The Right Way To Wash Your Hands? Watch This Video Aimed At Halting Ebola

    Nov 19, 2018
    There are six separate steps in the video from Democratic Republic of the Congo — and that's not counting "abundantly" wetting your hands and lathering up.
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    Goats and Soda
    A team of medical workers don protective equipment before entering an Ebola Treatment Center in Beni, the epicenter of the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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    How Worried Should We Be About Ebola In Congo?

    Oct 05, 2018
    WHO upgraded the risk factor to "very high" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Yet officials point to reasons for cautious optimism.
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    Goats and Soda
    Medical staff working in the low- risk zone of the Ebola treatment center in Mangina.
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    A Dangerous Twist To The Latest Ebola Outbreak

    Aug 27, 2018
    How do you reach patients in a conflict zone? Health workers are coming up with creative strategies in a violent zone of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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    Goats and Soda
    Nurses working with the World Health Organization prepare to administer Ebola vaccines in Mbandaka, a town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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    An Encouraging Prediction About The Ebola Outbreak

    Jun 08, 2018
    A researcher has used data to create a model to forecast the number of new cases in the weeks ahead. Although he does admit that models have their limits.
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    Goats and Soda
    A worker disinfects shoes outside the Ebola security zone at a hospital in Mbandaka in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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    The Endless Days Of A Young Doctor Battling Ebola

    May 29, 2018
    Dr. Leah Feldman was on the Doctors Without Borders team in the 2014 outbreak. Now she's helping fight the virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — and literally sweating in her boots.
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    Goats and Soda
    On May 13, people suspected of having the Ebola virus wait at a treatment center in the village of Bikoro, where the outbreak began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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    Ebola Outbreak: How Worried Should We Be?

    May 18, 2018
    The world is mobilizing to send staff and resources to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to address an outbreak. That's a tough job when the epicenter is an 11-hour drive from the nearest airstrip.
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    The Two-Way
    A health worker walks at an Ebola quarantine unit last June in Muma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, after a case of Ebola was confirmed in the village.
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    Congo Declares New Ebola Outbreak After 2 Confirmed Cases

    May 09, 2018
    At least 17 people showing signs of hemorrhagic fever died in the country and a later analysis from samples taken in the region confirmed that at least two people had contracted Ebola.
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    Goats and Soda
    Patou Izai stands on the roof above the office of the radio show he produces in Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, for the LGBTI community.
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    Gay, Out And On The Airwaves In Kinshasa

    Nov 21, 2017
    Patou Izai wanted to challenge the negative comments about the LGBTI community in the Democratic Republic of Congo — and create a space for dialogue. So he started a radio show.

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