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  "title": "UN chief appeals for $1bn in Ebola aid for DR Congo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/un-chief-appeals-for-1bn-in-ebola-aid-for-dr-congo-3763024",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-27T15:38:16.000Z",
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  "summary": "UN chief Antonio Guterres appeals for $1.1 billion to combat the Ebola epidemic in DR Congo, where over 5,600 cases and 2,700 deaths have occurred. Read More: https://punchng.com/un-chief-appeals-for-1bn-in-ebola-aid-for-dr-congo/",
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        "title": "In DR Congo, healthcare workers on the front lines of Ebola face anger and exhaustion as they remain unpaid",
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        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Parents and teachers in Congo urge delay of school resumption as Ebola outbreak rages on",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "UN chief appeals for $1bn in Ebola aid for DR Congo",
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        "published": "2026-08-27T15:34:17.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Parents and teachers in Congo urge delay of school resumption as Ebola outbreak rages on",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/parents-and-teachers-in-congo-urge-delay-of-school-resumption-as",
        "published": "2026-08-27T15:53:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Trust",
        "title": "UN seeks fresh $1.1bn to fight Ebola in DR Congo",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/un-seeks-fresh-1-1bn-to-fight-ebola-in-dr-congo",
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