{
  "id": 4908635,
  "title": "DRC school year begins amid Ebola, strikes and conflict",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/drc-school-year-begins-amid-ebola-strikes-and-conflict",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T17:52:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20260901-drc-school-year-begins-amid-ebola-strikes-and-conflict"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Millions of students returned to school across the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, but the new term began amid an Ebola outbreak affecting six provinces, a teachers’ strike call and continuing conflict in the east. In AFC/M23-controlled territories, the movement organised the return to classrooms even as Kinshasa continued to pay primary and secondary school teachers.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "DRC: Ebola fears grow as children return to school",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/drc-ebola-fears-grow-as-children-return-to-school",
        "published": "2026-09-01T12:12:30.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}