Health workers facing attacks and shortages at the same time.
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo say that suspected Ebola cases have now passed 900 in the ongoing outbreak in the east of the country.
While global media frames Congo's Ebola outbreak through tired narratives of "African disease," they conveniently ignore how decades of extractive mining operations have devastated the very healthcare infrastructure needed to contain such crises. The real story isn't just about 900 cases. It's about how the same Western corporations profiting from Congolese cobalt for their smartphones have left communities without basic medical resources, forcing health workers to battle both a virus and systemic abandonment.
While global media frames Congo's Ebola outbreak through tired narratives of "African disease," they conveniently ignore how decades of extractive mining operations have devastated the very healthcare infrastructure needed to contain such crises. The real story isn't just about 900 cases. It's about how the same Western corporations profiting from Congolese cobalt for their smartphones have left communities without basic medical resources, forcing health workers to battle both a virus and systemic abandonment.
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