2026-06-01
21 分钟The Economist
Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm Jason Palmer.
Today on the show, how Europe is trying to weed itself off American tech,
and the resurgent phenomenon that is the sticky toffee pudding.
First up, though.
In the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, attempts to control a worrisome outbreak of Ebola
are being hampered by the very people they're meant to help.
Medical tents on fire, burned-out beds, the sporadic warning shots of police.
Health officials know that safely burying Ebola victims is crucial.
Contact with bodies can spread the disease further.
But local custom often has it that community members ritually wash the dead,
and, more to the point, they don't trust the warnings that authorities are giving them.
And so, you get scenes like this in Rumangabo,
with fights over a burial, arson and protest met with tear gas.
It's just one of the dynamics that's complicating a crucial response.
The world faces a huge task to combat the latest Ebola outbreak.
John McDermott is our chief Africa correspondent.
There is no vaccine for this strain, and the on-the-ground realities make tackling it incredibly difficult.
So there's a growing recognition that both in Congo, where the outbreak is centered,