{
  "id": 16161302,
  "title": "WHO warns Africa faces ‘complex’ Ebola outbreak as virus reaches Nigeria",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/who-warns-africa-faces-complex-ebola-outbreak-as-virus-reaches-nigeria",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-23T06:49:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3371887/who-warns-africa-faces-complex-ebola-outbreak-virus-reaches-nigeria"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The World Health Organization has warned that Africa faced a “complex” Ebola outbreak after the virus crossed from east Africa to Nigeria, marking the first case in the west of the continent. Nigeria on Tuesday had announced an imported case of the Bundibugyo strain, currently causing a major Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was detected in the wife of a diplomat who had…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Ebola: FG warns 15 states to speed up readiness",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/ebola-fg-warns-15-states-to-speed-up-readiness",
        "published": "2026-10-23T01:56:51.000Z"
      }
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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."
}