Ebola Surge: Africa CDC says eastern DRC’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak is spreading beyond Ituri into North Kivu and Haut-Uele, with 6,843 cases and 3,310 deaths reported and insecurity, displacement, and health-worker strikes worsening response at precarious sites. Tipping Point Warning: WHO says the outbreak is on track to surpass the 2014–2016 West Africa epidemic, and a “tipping point” has been reached where faster action could prevent it becoming the worst ever. New Tech for Tracking: WHO and researchers are using anonymized mobile-phone movement data to predict where Ebola may surface next, aiming to guide limited surveillance and response resources. Frontline Strain: Ebola burial teams in Ituri report exhaustion and hostility from communities, as safe burials and infection rules collide with anger and fear. Aviation & Logistics: One of the world’s last operational DC-8 freighters overran a Kinshasa runway and suffered nose-gear collapse; no fatalities reported, but the cause is unclear. Mining Data Control: DRC plans to tighten state control over geological data via a national databank to shape future exploration and mining access. Security & Diplomacy: Tshisekedi’s Israel visit signals deeper security cooperation; meanwhile, ceasefire monitoring in eastern DRC faces skepticism about compliance in a fragmented conflict. Education Shock: DRC suspended academic activities in several Goma and Bukavu institutions amid security crisis tied to M23 control.