Pope calls for global aid as Ebola ravages DR Congo; prays for CAR mining victims
TL;DR
During the Angelus, Pope Leo XIV urged the international community to mobilize aid and involve local communities to combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has claimed more than 2,500 lives out of about 5,300 cases amid conflict; he also prayed for the victims of a mining collapse in the Central African Republic.
- Pope appeals for international aid for Ebola victims in DRC Vatican News
- One photo shows the human and environmental dimensions of artisanal mining in Congo AP News
- How the deadliest Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak can be stopped Al Jazeera
- Congo receives more than 16,000 doses of Ebola vaccine as it grapples with unprecedented outbreak NBC News
- Ebola spreading exponentially in Congo as death toll tops 2,500, UN says Reuters
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