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Geopolitics

The Forgotten Plague: The Ebola Outbreak in DRC and the Scourge of Medical Apartheid

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, involving the rare and untreatable Bundibugyo strain, continues to worsen with over 800 infections and could persist for a year. This unfolding tragedy is a damning indictment of a global health architecture that systematically neglects the Global South, exposing the cruel inequality of a world where medical apartheid thrives.

Geopolitics

The Hidden Epidemic: Unmasking the True Scale of Congo's Ebola Crisis and the Global System That Enabled It

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is likely two to four times larger than official figures, with 80% of new infections occurring outside known transmission chains, indicating uncontrolled community spread. This hidden epidemic is a devastating symptom of a global system that has systematically underfunded and neglected the health sovereignty of the Global South, treating African lives as statistics in a broken colonial paradigm.