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  "id": 10483842,
  "title": "DRC politician beaten to death after radio appearance about Ebola outbreak",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/drc-politician-beaten-to-death-after-radio-appearance-about-ebola",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-28T15:54:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
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    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/28/drc-politician-beaten-death-radio-appearance-ebola"
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  "summary": "Marie-Celestin Karondwa was attacked on Sunday after promoting measures to prevent spread of disease, his party says A senior member of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s ruling party was beaten to death on Sunday after appearing on a radio programme to raise awareness about the Ebola outbreak, a party representative has said. Marie-Celestin Karondwa, the acting president of the Union for…",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/mpox-case-confirmed-in-northeastern-congolese-city-at-center-of-ebola",
        "published": "2026-09-27T06:10:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Ebola outbreak in DR Congo surpasses 8,000 cases, 3,900 deaths",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo-surpasses-8-000-cases-3-900-deaths",
        "published": "2026-09-28T07:35:17.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Guardian Health",
        "title": "DRC politician beaten to death after radio appearance about Ebola outbreak",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/drc-politician-beaten-to-death-after-radio-appearance-about-ebola-10485267",
        "published": "2026-09-28T15:54:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Ebola cases surpass 8,000 as DRC struggles to control outbreak",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/ebola-cases-surpass-8-000-as-drc-struggles-to-control-outbreak",
        "published": "2026-09-28T16:26:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "DRC politician beaten to death after radio appearance about Ebola outbreak",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/drc-politician-beaten-to-death-after-radio-appearance-about-ebola-10520111",
        "published": "2026-09-28T19:46:05.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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