Ebola Emergency: DR Congo’s Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak is still in a “very active” phase and has not peaked, with Africa CDC saying it’s the fastest-growing on record as WHO reports deaths have climbed past 600 and confirmed cases reach about 1,759; officials warn the virus is moving faster than the response and call for a major funding surge (about $1.4bn) while contact tracing coverage and treatment capacity remain stretched. Health Systems & Labour: UN and local reporting highlights displacement-site sanitation gaps and a widening humanitarian funding shortfall, while health workers threaten strike action over unpaid benefits and poor conditions—raising the risk of further disruption to containment. Clinical Response: A WHO-backed trial is underway in Ituri to test experimental options (including a monoclonal antibody cocktail and remdesivir) for a strain with no approved vaccine or treatment, as diagnostic support and infection prevention efforts scale up. Mining & Costs: Reuters reports DR Congo has not yet seen major production impacts from tighter mining input supplies (including sulphuric acid concerns), but the government is also preparing further fuel subsidy cuts by moving mining firms closer to market prices—potentially raising operating costs. Forestry Policy: A coalition of 70+ groups urges Kinshasa to keep the moratorium on new industrial logging concessions, warning that lifting it could open tens of millions of hectares of Congo Basin forest to timber and undermine climate commitments.