Congo's Unyielding Struggle: Ebola's Ominous Spread Beyond Epicenter The Democratic Republic of Congo has been grappling with an unprecedented outbreak of Ebola since August 2018.
The disease is far from contained, as evidenced by recent reports of new suspected cases in parts of the country previously unaffected.
A pattern of delayed response to the outbreak bears a striking resemblance to the 2014 2016 Ebola crisis in West Africa, which claimed over 11,000 lives.