Weekly humanitarian roundup: Ebola outbreak in DRC, AI drone warfare, and US food aid challenges
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A weekly humanitarian news roundup covering three major crises: the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is spreading faster than response efforts can contain, with 136 deaths and 676 confirmed cases concentrated in conflict-affected Ituri province; the emergence of deadly AI-powered drones in modern warfare; and challenges facing US food aid programs. The article provides a curated overview of pressing global humanitarian issues.
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· 3 pulledThe Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is failing to match the speed of the virus's spread, health authorities are warning.
Conflict-affected Ituri accounts for more than 94% of those cases, but the virus
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