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  "id": 2935179,
  "title": "Pope Leo urges global action to confront Congo’s Ebola outbreak",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/pope-leo-urges-global-action-to-confront-congos-ebola-outbreak",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-24T02:31:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
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    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/pope-leo-urges-global-action-to-confront-congos-ebola-outbreak/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Pope Leo has urged global action to tackle the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where over 2,500 lives have already been lost. The virus has rapidly spread across a large region in central Africa, causing a record number of infections and fatalities, according to United Nations officials. During his weekly Sunday prayer in Saint Peter's Square, the pontiff expressed his prayers for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and called for the international community to respond to the crisis. He specifically urged for local communities to be involved in prevention efforts to save as many lives as possible. This is Congo's 17th Ebola outbreak, and in late July, it became the largest in the country's history, surpassing the previous record outbreak from 2018 to 2020 in terms of confirmed cases.",
  "summary": "Pope Leo called on Sunday for international action to help contain the impact of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has so far claimed more than 2,500 lives.",
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        "outlet": "Nation Africa",
        "title": "Pope Leo urges global action to confront Congo's Ebola outbreak",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/pope-leo-urges-global-action-to-confront-congos-ebola-outbreak-2962586",
        "published": "2026-08-24T04:36:24.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Attacks on health workers in DR Congo making Ebola fight 'harder,' Red Cross says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/attacks-on-health-workers-in-dr-congo-making-ebola-fight-harder-red",
        "published": "2026-08-24T12:06:18.000Z"
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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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