From October 2001 to December 2003, several Ebola outbreaks of the Zaire subtype were reported in Gabon and the Republic of the Congo with a total of 302 cases and 254 deaths.

2001年10月至2003年12月，在加蓬和刚果共和国报告了若干次扎伊尔亚型的埃博拉出血热暴发，总计有302个病例，254人死亡。

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It was named for the Ebola River in the former Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Muamba was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, then known as Zaire, and came to England in 1999 at the age of 11 after being granted political asylum.

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He labelled the end of the contest in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo), which underdog Ali won by knockout in the eighth round to reclaim the world heavyweight crown at the age of 32 - as "the most extraordinary few seconds that I have ever seen in a boxing ring".

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Ebola was first identified in equatorial Sudan following significant outbreaks in northern Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) and southern Sudan in the mid 1970s.

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