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The 2026 Ebola Crisis in DRC and Uganda: History, Mitigation Plans, and the Kenya-US Quarantine Controversy

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Image 1 and 2; Isolation wards in the DRC and patients with Ebola receive treatment.Image 3 and 4;Kenyans protest against the Kenyan-American Ebola Treatment Facility( in Laikipia,Kenya.image 4) The East African region is facing a critical public health challenge. Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda officially declared an outbreak… Continue reading The 2026 Ebola Crisis in DRC and Uganda: History, Mitigation Plans, and the Kenya-US Quarantine Controversy

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The Handshake in Washington: Can a Piece of Paper Finally Silence the Guns in Eastern Congo?

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December 6, 2025 If you looked at the photos coming out of Washington D.C. yesterday, you’d be forgiven for thinking peace had finally broken out in the Great Lakes region. There were the smiles, the stiff but polite handshakes, and the distinct signature of a "historic breakthrough." In a move that has surprised many veteran… Continue reading The Handshake in Washington: Can a Piece of Paper Finally Silence the Guns in Eastern Congo?