CNN Correspondent Visits Congo Gold-Mining Town Believed to Be Origin of Current Ebola Outbreak

CNN Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward traveled to Mongbwalu, a remote gold-mining town in eastern Congo, to report from the location believed to be the origin of the current Ebola outbreak. The network released the video report titled “Ebola’s epicenter: Inside the town at the heart of the outbreak” at 5:09 PM EDT on Thursday, June 4, 2026. The segment runs 4 minutes and 26 seconds.

Three days earlier, on June 1, CNN published a separate 1-minute-14-second video titled “CNN visits ‘Red Zone’ Ebola Ward,” also featuring Ward inside a treatment unit. Both reports form part of CNN’s coverage from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the outbreak is centered. The network tagged the June 4 video with the keywords Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Ebola.