AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 minutes agoEbola Update: DR Congo reported 1,528 confirmed Ebola cases and 492 deaths, with 239 recoveries and 185 suspected cases; officials cite community resistance to safe burials and post-mortem sampling, weak contact tracing, delayed lab diagnosis, supply shortages, and insecurity—while WHO says a Bundibugyo clinical trial is enrolling patients. Diagnostics & Treatment Push: WHO added the first molecular Bundibugyo test to its Emergency Use Listing, and a trial is testing two antivirals for the strain; responders also face violence, including an attack that burned an Ebola center in Ituri. Outbreak Geography Expands: The outbreak has reached a fourth province, Haut-Uele, after travel from Ituri, putting the entire northeast (about 15 million people) at risk and forcing new transmission-chain tracing. Cobalt Supply Chain Shock: Major cobalt producers risk losing over $1.1B in export quotas after a customs registration platform failure blocked export declarations ahead of a July 5 deadline. Colonial Archives for Minerals: Belgium is opening and digitizing colonial-era Congo mining records, aiming to support research and strengthen DRC’s bargaining power amid the critical minerals race. Capital Markets Plan: DRC is preparing its first stock exchange, with dual listings in Congolese francs and the US dollar, to match a heavily dollarized banking system and attract mineral-linked listings.
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