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Reuters: Health officials turn to mobile-phone data to track Ebola spread in Congo. “Health officials battling the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are using anonymised mobile-phone data to map population movements and identify areas where the virus could ​spread next, according to the World Health Organisation and researchers working with it. The approach, which has not […]

Business Insider Africa: Decades after colonial-era mapping, Africa’s mineral powerhouse launches $180 million drive with US, France, others to control mineral data. “The push comes decades after Belgian authorities and mining companies conducted extensive geological surveys across the territory during the colonial era. Much of that information remains outside the DRC, including millions of […]

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has become the deadliest in the country’s history, raising serious questions about why the crisis became so difficult to control.

What went wrong, and what could still help bring the outbreak under control?

https://thenewsink.com/congo-ebola-outbreak-becomes-deadliest/

#Ebola #CongoEbolaOutbreak #DRC #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo #EbolaOutbreak #PublicHealth #TheNewsInk

Put together a sourced timeline: Ebola in DR Congo: The 1976-2026 Outbreak History.

As of 16-17 August 2026, DRC had recorded 4,945 confirmed cases and 2,325 deaths, making it the country's largest and deadliest Ebola outbreak since 1976.

https://aitimeline.in/ebola-in-dr-congo-outbreak-timeline-history-5088/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ebola-in-dr-congo-outbreak-timeline
#Ebola #Bundibugyovirus #DemocraticRepublicofCongo #WHO #PublicHealth #Uganda

What is Ebola and why is the outbreak in DRC causing so much concern? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/17/what-is-ebola-why-who-says-drc-uganda-outbreak-global-health-emergency #Ebola #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo #Uganda #WorldHealthOrganization #WorldNews #Africa

What is Ebola and why is the outbreak in DRC causing so much concern?
By Denis Campbell and Rachel Savage

Strain of virus with no vaccine has potential to overrun response impeded by conflict and misinformation

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/17/what-is-ebola-why-who-says-drc-uganda-outbreak-global-health-emergency

#Ebola #DemocraticRepublicofCongo #Uganda #WorldHealthOrganization #Worldnews #Africa #TheGuardian #DenisCampbell #RachelSavage

What is Ebola and why is the outbreak in DRC causing so much concern?
By Denis Campbell and Rachel Savage

Strain of virus with no vaccine has potential to overrun response impeded by conflict and misinformation

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/17/what-is-ebola-why-who-says-drc-uganda-outbreak-global-health-emergency

#Ebola #DemocraticRepublicofCongo #Uganda #WorldHealthOrganization #Worldnews #Africa #TheGuardian #DenisCampbell #RachelSavage

What some doctors call 'walking Ebola' helps to explain why the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is so hard to stop — and how to treat it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/18/world/science-health/walking-ebola/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #ebola #democraticrepublicofcongo #who #health #medicine #africa

U.S. citizen working for humanitarian organization in Congo tests positive for Ebola, CDC says

A U.S. citizen working for a humanitarian organization in Congo has tested positive for the Ebola virus, the…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #DemocraticRepublicofCongo #Ebola #uganda
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/757302/

An Ebola outbreak in the Dr. Congo has killed more than 400 people and is still spreading, with a first case reported in the major city of Kisangani nearly 600 kilometers from its epicenter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/03/world/congo-ebola-deaths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #ebola #democraticrepublicofcongo #health #medicine #africa

Scientists racing to develop potential vaccines and treatments against a deadly Ebola outbreak are without a viable sample of the virus, highlighting growing disputes over pathogen sharing for research. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/26/world/science-health/ebola-virus-samples-access/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #ebola #democraticrepublicofcongo #who #health #medicine #africa

Kenyan minister orders halt to construction of US Ebola facility https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/23/kenya-minister-orders-halt-us-ebola-facility #Ebola #Kenya #Africa #TrumpAdministration #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo

Alvin Mak is a Congolese fashion designer whose work has gone viral after the arrival in Houston of the DRC team, all wearing his strikingly classy outfits that included leopard-embellished suits and bags.

#WorldCup #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo #Fashion

Distrust hinders Ebola contact tracing in Congo displacement camps as some in the conflict-torn area believe Ebola is a hoax. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/14/world/science-health/congo-health-workers-ebola-containment-struggles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #ebola #africa #democraticrepublicofcongo #who #health #medicine

Congo’s burial teams fight Ebola one coffin at a time

Red Cross volunteer Safari Isaac and his team are specialized responders trained to handle highly infectious bodies under strict protocols, but mistrust and resistance are hampering their response efforts. #drc #democraticrepublicofcongo #ebola #africa #health #News #Reuters #Newsfeed 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow Reuters on X: Follow Reuters on…

https://fllics.com/en/video/congos-burial-teams-fight-ebola-one-coffin-at-a-time/

Investigators hunting for the "patient zero" of the Ebola epidemic raging in war-torn Congo are examining the events surrounding a suspected super-spreader event, where dozens died following a funeral, experts say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/12/world/science-health/ebola-patient-zero/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #ebola #democraticrepublicofcongo #who #health #medicine #africa

@janamarie These are amazing, thank you for sharing!

And immediately reminded me of 'The Enclave' by Richard Mosse (somewhat heavier subject matter, but also so surreal and dream-like):

https://rhagallery.ie/events/exhibitions/theenclave/

#film #documentary #DRC #DRCongo #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo #MastoDaoine

Conspiracy Theories Hamper Ebola Response in Democratic Republic of Congo

📰 Original title: False Ebola claims run wild as Congo outbreak worsens

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/conspiracy-theories-hamper-ebola-response-in-democratic-republic-of-congo.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world

#health #ebola #conspiracy #democraticrepublicofcongo

World Cup: Italy fail to qualify for third straight time, while Sweden, Turkey secure places

Italy failed to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup as a play-off defeat on penalties to Bosnia…
#Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #AlessandroBastoni #BosniaandHerzegovina #BryanCristante #Canada #CzechRepublic #DemocraticRepublicofCongo #GennaroGattuso #Mexico #MoiseKean #NorthAmerica #Poland #Sweden #Turkey #UnitedStates
https://www.europesays.com/italy/2008/

#SodiumIonBatteries offer an alternative to tricky #lithium

Oct 26th 2023

Excerpt: "Fortunately, lithium is not the only game in town. As we report this week, a clutch of firms are making batteries based on sodium, lithium’s elemental cousin. Since sodium’s chemical properties are very similar to those of lithium, it too makes for good batteries. And sodium, which is found in the salt in #seawater, is thousands of times more abundant on Earth than lithium and cheaper to get at. Most of the companies using sodium to make batteries today are also Chinese. But pursuing the technology in the West might be a surer route to energy security than relying heavily on lithium.

"Besides its abundance, sodium has other advantages. The best lithium batteries use #cobalt and #nickel in their electrodes. Nickel, like lithium, is in short supply. #Mining it on land is #EnvironmentallyDestructive. Proposals to grab it from the #seabed instead have caused rows. A good deal of the world’s cobalt, meanwhile, is extracted from small mines in the #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo, where #ChildLabour is common and working conditions are dire. Sodium batteries, by contrast, can use #electrodes built from #iron and #manganese [and wood #lignin], which are plentiful and uncontroversial. Since the chemical components are cheap, a scaled-up industry should be able to produce batteries that cost less than their lithium counterparts.

"Sodium is not a perfect replacement for lithium. It is heavier, meaning sodium batteries will weigh more than lithium ones of an equivalent capacity. That is likely to rule them out in some cases where lightness is paramount. But for other applications, such as #GridStorage or #HomeBatteries, weight is irrelevant. Several Chinese carmakers are even beginning to put sodium batteries in #ElectricVehicles."

Read more:
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/10/26/sodium-batteries-offer-an-alternative-to-tricky-lithium

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/7x6JX

#SolarPunkSunday #EnergyStorage #SodiumIon #NewTechnology #GiantLeap #Reuse #WasteReuse #NoLithiumMining #NoMining