Michael Koloke
speaker
87 appearances
16 recordings
1 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 20 Aug
Michael Koloke’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 16 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 7.
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In a statement, the agency said that the individual, a U.S.
citizen who works for a humanitarian organization in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has tested positive for the Bundabujo strain of Ebola, which has been identified in the current outbreak in Congo.
The CDC added that it is working with the patient's employer, other U.S.
federal agencies,
and partner organizations in Congo to help prevent further transmission of the disease by performing risk assessments that would identify people that the patient had been in contact with.
Dr. Jean Cassea, the Director General of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned that data shows this Ebola outbreak is among the largest ever.
Dr. Kaseya added that armed conflict in some areas affected by Ebola was a key operational challenge facing health agencies trying to respond.
Meanwhile, part of an Ebola treatment center in the Democratic Republic of Congo was set ablaze by unknown people yesterday, with reports that several patients suspected to be infected with Ebola had fled the facility.
For NPR News, I'm Michael Kaloki in Nairobi.
The WHO says it expects to see an increase in suspected infection cases given the amount of time the virus circulated before the outbreak was detected.
It rates the risk of spread of the disease in Congo and Uganda as high at the national and regional levels, but low at the global level.
The agency says health teams responding to the outbreak in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region affected by armed conflict, face a series of challenges.
Dr. Marie Belizer is the agency's emergency director for Africa.
And residents in Congo report rising prices for masks and disinfectants.
For NPR News, I'm Michael Kloake in Nairobi.
The bull elephant named Craig had gained both local and global popularity for being one of Africa's last super tuskers, a term that refers to male elephants with tusks that weigh over a hundred pounds each.
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Conservationists say that Craig, who was fifty-four years old, died of natural causes in the country's Amboseli National Park, which is located south of the capital Nairobi, and is a popular destination for tourists from around the world.
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including the United States.
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Elephant tusk poaching has posed a challenge to both wildlife conservationists and the authorities here in Kenya.
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Craig's survival for several decades has been upheld by the government as a symbol of efforts undertaken to curb the crime.
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