{
  "id": 96115,
  "title": "Ebola responders persevere in the DRC as Uganda nears end of outbreak",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/ebola-responders-persevere-in-the-drc-as-uganda-nears-end-of-outbreak",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-03T18:19:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mongabay",
    "slug": "mongabay",
    "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/ebola-responders-persevere-in-the-drc-as-uganda-nears-end-of-outbreak/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On July 15, 2026, several members of the Ebola response team held a protest outside the Ebola Treatment Center in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Their grievances centered around unpaid risk allowances, which they claimed had not been received for several weeks. According to community leader and French teacher Robert Uyergiu Mambo, this situation is not uncommon, as government employees often go without pay for extended periods. Mambo expressed frustration, stating that despite recent efforts by the minister to quell tensions, the protests have continued unabated, posing a threat to the ongoing Ebola response. This issue, deeply rooted in the country's history of government corruption, has persisted even during Mobutu Sese Seko's reign, and continues to hinder the Ebola response efforts in the region.",
  "summary": "Several members of the Ebola response gathered on July 15, 2026, outside the Ebola Treatment Center (ETC) in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to protest their working conditions. Demonstrators said they had not received their risk allowances for several weeks, payments that are supposed to be made by the Congolese government. “It’s outrageous […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Congo’s Ebola outbreak is second-largest on record, latest data shows",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/congos-ebola-outbreak-is-second-largest-on-record-latest-data-shows",
        "published": "2026-08-03T02:44:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "AllAfrica Health",
        "title": "Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo - New Centre Opens At Heart of Record Ebola Outbreak",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/congo-kinshasa-dr-congo-new-centre-opens-at-heart-of-record-ebola",
        "published": "2026-08-04T05:20:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "DR Congo Ebola outbreak kills more than 1,700 as WHO accelerates trials",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/dr-congo-ebola-outbreak-kills-more-than-1-700-as-who-accelerates",
        "published": "2026-08-04T11:47:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "WHO pleads for more support to tackle Ebola outbreak",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/who-pleads-for-more-support-to-tackle-ebola-outbreak",
        "published": "2026-08-05T01:58:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}