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Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Outbreak Becomes Deadliest in DR Congo's History

[UN News] The Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is now the deadliest the country has ever faced, the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

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