DR Congo Ebola Outbreak

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Emotional signature

Anxiety-related words per 1,000 words of matching English-language coverage (LIWC dictionaries via GDELT's GCAM). Latest day: 1.6 anxiety · 7.3 anger · 5.7 positive emotion. Tone says whether coverage reads negative; these say what kind of negative.

Where this coverage comes from

Share of matching coverage, from GDELT breakdowns (as of 2026-08-20). Tone split: 100% of articles read distinctly negative, 0% distinctly positive.

In focus by country

• Republic of the Congo (364)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (209)
• Uganda (160)
• United States (39)
• Central African Republic (32)
• South Sudan (26)
• Switzerland (24)
• Rwanda (22)

Countries where DR Congo Ebola Outbreak coverage concentrates — each links to the stories and headlines for that intersection.

Top recent articles

1. Congo's Ebola Outbreak Reaches 5,000 Cases As It Outpaces Response Efforts At Unprecedented Speed – The Yeshiva World — theyeshivaworld.com
2. Ebola cases in Congo exceed 5,000, government data shows — bignewsnetwork.com
3. Vì sao đợt bùng phát Ebola tại Congo lan nhanh, gây tử vong cao? — thanhnien.vn
4. Ebola en RD Congo : plus de 5 000 cas recensés, l'OMS redoute une propagation internationale — mediacongo.net
5. Quick takes: Nominee for FDA director, Ebola cases hit 5,000, Cyclospora outbreak slows but cases top 15,000 — umn.edu
6. What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola — abcnews.com
7. What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola — thetimes-tribune.com
8. Mobile gold miners in eastern Congo complicate efforts to contain Ebola — orlandosentinel.com
9. What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola — orlandosentinel.com
10. What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola — sun-sentinel.com
11. What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola — stardem.com
12. What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola — leadertelegram.com
13. The Guardian view on the Ebola outbreak in the DRC : a case study in why international aid matters | Editorial — theguardian.com
14. What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola — fortmorgantimes.com
15. What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola — rockymounttelegram.com
16. What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola — cecildaily.com
17. DR Congo confirmed Ebola cases surpass 5 , 000 — aa.com.tr
18. What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola — the-messenger.com
19. What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola — messenger-inquirer.com
20. What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola — goskagit.com
21. Ebola levi nyt ennätysvauhtia – jo yli 2 300 kuollutta – Stara . fi — stara.fi
22. What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola — yahoo.com
23. What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola – Winnipeg Free Press — winnipegfreepress.com
24. Epidemia de Ébola na República Democrática do Congo ultrapassa cinco mil casos com propagao sem precedentes — sapo.pt
25. Manila Bulletin - Congo's Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts at unprecedented speed — mb.com.ph
26. Ebola face ravagii în Congo: peste 2.300 de oameni au murit, iar OMS avertizează asupra răspândirii internaționale — news.yam.md
27. „ Außergewöhnliches Tempo : Ebola - Ausbruch im Kongo übertrifft alle vorherigen — merkur.de
28. WHO chief says the DR Congo's Ebola outbreak remains a global emergency — africanews.com
29. Health: Ebola cases in Congo exceed 5,000, government data shows — gdnonline.com
30. Virus Ebola contagi in crescita in Congo con una velocità senza precedenti Che cosa sta succedendo e perché i numeri di questa diciassettesima epidemia preoccupano — zazoom.it
31. „ Außergewöhnliches Tempo : Ebola - Ausbruch im Kongo übertrifft alle vorherigen — hna.de
32. Congo Ebola cases top 5 , 000 - BusinessWorld Online — bworldonline.com
33. Epidemia Ebola Congo quasi 5mila casi | cresce l'allarme OMS — zazoom.it
34. Congo Ebola outbreak hits 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts — business-standard.com
35. Ebola, il focolaio più letale nella storia della Repubblica Democratica del Congo: oltre 2.300 morti — quotidianodipuglia.it
36. Ebola, il focolaio più letale nella storia della Repubblica Democratica del Congo: oltre 2.300 morti — ilgazzettino.it
37. 综述丨刚果 （ 金 ） 埃博拉病例超五千 世卫维持警报 - 环球新闻 — news.fjsen.com
38. Ebola, il focolaio più letale nella storia della Repubblica Democratica del Congo: oltre 2.300 morti — corriereadriatico.it
39. Ebola - Ausbruch noch lange nicht unter Kontrolle — freiepresse.de
40. 综述丨刚果 （ 金 ） 埃博拉病例超五千 世卫维持警报 — news.china.com.cn

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Related fact-checks

• A former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the Ebola virus could become a "very significant pandemic."
  Correct AttributionSnopes · 2026-05-23
• "The activities of this laboratory are financed by the US Agency for International Development and the French Merieux Foundation. This circumstance once again confirms the irresponsible approach of Western countries when working with dangerous infections in the territory of third countries, when biological facilities are created without the proper infrastructure and samples of pathogens of dangerous diseases are accumulated without control."
  FalseVOA · 2025-02-03

Via the Google Fact Check Tools API; ratings are the fact-checkers' own.

Frequently asked questions

How much news coverage is DR Congo Ebola Outbreak receiving right now?

As of August 20, 2026, coverage matching this topic makes up 0.021% of all articles GDELT monitors worldwide, roughly 3 articles per day.

Is media coverage of DR Congo Ebola Outbreak increasing or decreasing?

Coverage is down 17.7% week-over-week (the mean of the latest 7 days compared with the 7 days before).

What is the tone of news coverage about DR Congo Ebola Outbreak?

The average GDELT tone of matching coverage is -7.38, which reads as strongly negative. Tone typically ranges from about -10 (very negative) to +10 (very positive).

How are these numbers measured?

Geotone processes the GDELT Project's 15-minute data files every two hours, matching this topic's fixed query against article titles across 65+ languages and aggregating counts and tone by UTC day. Coverage volume is the share of all GDELT-monitored articles matching the topic query; tone is the mean document tone. Full details are on the methodology page.