AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoEbola Update: DRC health officials say the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak is easing in several areas, with no new cases in multiple health zones for weeks, even as deaths pass 4,000 (4,018) across 8,300 confirmed cases; the peak is “behind us,” officials say, while recoveries reach 2,162. AI for Mining: KoBold Metals is using AI tied to GPS and tablets to reprocess colonial-era drill logs, satellite imagery, and soil samples to predict lithium-rich pegmatite and target drilling in the DRC. UN Accountability: A new UN report accuses AFC/M23 of systematically targeting civilians in eastern DRC, describing reprisals like executions, forced displacement, and home destruction in North and South Kivu. Ebola Response Tech: The DRC is using anonymised mobile phone data to map population movement and prepare hotspots before cases appear. DRC Health R&D: NanoViricides filed its annual report, noting NV-387 oral gummies are in Phase II trials for mpox in the DRC. Mining Value & Policy: Italy and the DRC sign a cooperation MoU on training and capacity building, tied to Italy’s Africa strategy and the Mattei Plan.
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