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Congo: Third Attack on Ebola Treatment Center in as Many Weeks Leaves 1 Dead

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African tribesmen have carried out a third—and this time deadly—attack on an Ebola treatment center in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), killing a policeman and wounding a health worker in the third and most deadly attack on those centers in as many weeks. The Ebola treatment center, located in Butembo in the province of North Kivu, only reopened last Saturday after another attack by... 

Congo: African Tribesmen Attack Red Cross Workers Fighting New Ebola Outbreak

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Two Red Cross workers were seriously wounded on Tuesday this week when local tribesmen attacked them while they were carrying out safe Ebola burials in the northeastern Congo city of Butembo, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. According to reports, the latest attack was “the most violent attack on Red Cross workers in this outbreak” since September,... 
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