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The Guardian view on the Ebola outbreak in the DRC: a case study in why international aid matters | Editorial

Date
Aug 19, 2026 at 5:59 PM UTC
Location
República Democrática del Congo

<strong>Editorial:</strong> The Trump administration’s ‘America first’ approach has contributed to the scale of the crisis now unfolding in one of the world’s poorest countries

Scripture

"And there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places."

- Matthew 24:7
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Global activity summary (24h)

In the last 24 hours, 13 seismic events have been recorded, including a magnitude 6.0 earthquake north of Caluula, Somalia, and another of magnitude 4.9 near Houma, Tonga. Additionally, there have been 72 disaster-related events, notably multiple forest fires in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania, and Namibia, which have been active since mid-August. In the realm of conflicts, 4 events have been documented, although details have not been specified. The passages in Matthew 24 and Luke 21 invite the reader to discern.

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