Rebel attacks in eastern DRC kill 30 people and hamper Ebola response

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Rebel attacks linked to Islamic State in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have killed over 30 people, disrupting the response to an ongoing Ebola outbreak. The violence in North Kivu has led to patients fleeing clinics, complicating containment efforts.

Islamic State-linked militia blamed for raids in North Kivu as governor says three patients with disease fled clinics Rebel attacks around a town that is one of the centres of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have left more than 30 people dead over the past few days, complicating the response to the disease. At least 10 people were massacred in raids on three villages around the city of Beni, in North Kivu, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Continue reading...