Congolese politician Marie-Célestin Karondwa beaten to death after defending Ebola response on radio: a 5-story thread

A 5-story thread from 2026-09-01 to 2026-10-06, covered by 19 outlets. Coverage grew more divided as it developed. Each event below is linked as related to the anchor story by the pipeline.

Congolese politician Marie-Célestin Karondwa beaten to death after defending Ebola response on radio

5 events · 09-01 to 10-06 · 19 outlets · health · avg 19, peak 29

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09-01Schools resume in DRC amid Ebola outbreak in Ituri provincescore 17· 2 outlets
09-02Ebola outbreak in the DRC surpasses 3,000 deaths and 6,000 confirmed casesscore 17· 10 outlets
09-28Congolese politician Marie-Célestin Karondwa beaten to death after defending Ebola response on radioscore 17· 5 outlets
10-02Ebola death toll in Congo passes 4,000 as displacement camp is burned and emptiedscore 29· 6 outlets
10-06Kenya confirms first Ebola case and death in patient who returned from Congoscore 17· 15 outlets