AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoEbola Response Under Strain: New overlapping U.S. and DRC travel rules aimed at stopping Ebola are now worrying aid groups, because they can delay doctor and nurse rotations by weeks, just as the outbreak keeps accelerating. Outbreak Update: WHO says DR Congo’s Bundibugyo Ebola has passed 2,100 confirmed cases and is spreading across five provinces, with conflict and community resistance blocking access; MSF warns the pace is unprecedented. New Medical Trial: A post-exposure trial (EBO-PEP) is enrolling people in Ituri after direct contact with confirmed cases to test an antiviral approach. Critical Minerals Push: DR Congo’s first lithium exports to China begin from Zijin’s Manono project, while the Lobito Corridor keeps moving as Kinshasa approves its concession—both tied to the wider copper-cobalt race and infrastructure financing. Policy Tension at Home: Tshisekedi’s push for constitutional change is drawing resistance from opposition and legal experts amid the ongoing eastern crisis.
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