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  "title": "Machete-wielding mob attacks health workers responding to Ebola in Congo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/machete-wielding-mob-attacks-health-workers-responding-to-ebola-in",
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  "published": "2026-10-27T02:40:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "Angry youths armed with machetes attacked two community health workers raising awareness about the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, killing one and wounding the other, according to officials and a memo seen by Reuters on Monday,",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Machete-wielding mob attack health workers responding to Ebola in Congo",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/machete-wielding-mob-attack-health-workers-responding-to-ebola-in",
        "published": "2026-10-26T23:14:24.000Z"
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