Ebola Emergency: Africa CDC urges Kinshasa to immediately roll out the Ervebo vaccine as DR Congo’s Bundibugyo outbreak surges, with confirmed cases and deaths climbing fast and response capacity struggling to keep up. Public Health Pressure: WHO and Africa CDC call for stronger community-led detection, faster contact follow-up, and expanded testing and treatment as treatment centers in North Kivu run over capacity. Outbreak Timeline: WHO says the outbreak likely began months earlier than the official May declaration, with early cases possibly misread as malaria or typhoid. Science & Origins: New genome work in Nature Medicine suggests the virus came from a recent animal spillover, not a past human-adapted strain—sharpening how prevention should be targeted. Kinshasa Safety Measures: Authorities released a boat detained over Ebola fears near the capital after tests came back negative, while monitoring continues for vessels upstream. Urban Culture & Youth: Kinshasa’s To Skater Festival returns, mixing skateboarding clinics, street art, music, and talks to challenge stigma and build a new generation of urban athletes and artists. Film Spotlight: “Congo Boy,” a DRC–CAR autobiographical musical refugee drama, is screening at Locarno after premiering at Cannes, spotlighting youth, displacement, and creativity. Security & Community Impact: Islamic State-linked ADF fighters are blamed for a deadly Ituri village raid, killing civilians and abducting others amid displacement and Ebola fear. Cultural Diplomacy: DR Congo’s Venice Biennale pavilion turns “fire” into a metaphor for craft and creation, positioning Kinshasa-to-Goma as a forge rather than a catastrophe. Human Rights & Propaganda: A note to Jambo ASBL challenges its media campaign that rebrands genocidaires as “opposition political actors,” arguing the narrative doesn’t hold up.