Researchers have finally uncovered the mystery as to where the epidemic that is Ebola started, and from which person the outbreak originated.
His name was Emile Ouamouno, a young boy who lived with his family in Meliandou, a simple village in Southern Guinea, and he was the first casualty of the Ebola virus. After him, the Ebola virus has spread to surrounding countries Sierra Leone and Liberia, reaching Nigeria, and travelling as far as the U.S and Spain. An epidemic that shook the world ensued.