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Congo: Third Attack on Ebola Treatment Center in as Many Weeks Leaves 1 Dead
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 Tribesmen Burn Down Ebola Clinic, Halt White Attempts to Curb Epidemic
IQ 78 tribesmen in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have carried out one of their most serious attacks yet on a Doctors without Borders (MSF) Ebola clinic in North Kivu, halting the white liberals’ attempts to contain the epidemic in the north of that country.
According to a statement released today by MSF, their “Ebola center” in North Kivu was rendered “inoperative following a violent...
Congo: African Tribesmen Attack Red Cross Workers Fighting New Ebola Outbreak
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,...
Three Congolese helicopters attack M23 positions in eastern DRC
Congolese army soldiers
Three Congolese helicopters have blasted positions of the March 23 movement (M23) rebels in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
“Our helicopters have just bombarded enemy positions,” an unnamed Congolese officer said on Tuesday, adding, “Until now the enemy has not yet responded,” AFP reported.
The attacks, which were the first...
Violent clashes break out between DR Congo army, militants
Several armed groups, including the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels (members of which are seen above) are active in the eastern Congo.
Violent clashes have broken out between the army forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo and militants in the eastern regions of the country.
Residents of the Nyamilima region in the eastern province of North Kivu said the army forces engaged in heavy fighting with...
36 die in violent clashes in DR Congo
A column of Congolese Army soldiers walk towards the frontline between two tanks, near the village of Kibumba, some 13 kilometers from Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 29, 2012.
A spokesman for the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) says at least 36 people have lost their lives following clashes between the Congolese army and a rebel group, called...