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The Rare Ebola Outbreak Is One Danger, Attacks On Healthcare Workers Are Another
Aid workers are at risk in the volatile region where residents have long been under threat of armed groups that have killed thousands of people and displaced many more in recent years.
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An Ebola Treatment Tent Set Ablaze Again In Eastern Congo With 18 Suspected Cases Escaping
On Thursday, another treatment center in the town of Rwampara was burned down after family members were prohibited from retrieving the body of a local man.
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Ebola Alert: Surveillance, Health Screening Measures Intensified At Kochi Airport
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Health authorities have intensified surveillance and precautionary measures against the Ebola virus at Cochin International Airport, in Kerala's Kochi, following an emergency preparedness meeting jointly convened by Cochin In
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Congo Reports Over 130 Suspected Ebola Deaths
Kinshasa, May 19 (IANS) Around 131 suspected deaths and 513 suspected cases have been reported in the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), DRC Health Minister Roger Kamba said Tuesday.
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Ebola Outbreak In Congo, Uganda An International Public Health Emergency, Says WHO
The current outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, which is considered dangerous because there are no approved vaccines or specific treatments available for it yet.
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Congolese Report Constant Burials As Deaths In New Ebola Outbreak Reach 87
At least 87 deaths have been reported in Congo's new Ebola disease outbreak in eastern Ituri province, the Africa CDC has said.
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Boys' Dorm Set On Fire, Girls Cut With Machetes In Deadliest Uganda Attack
Militants linked to the Islamic State group hacked and burned 37 students to death in western Uganda in the country's worst such attack in over a decade, army and police officials said Saturday.
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After Fleeing Conflict, Displaced Women Face Rape In East Congo
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) treated more than 670 women - or nearly 50 per day - at three sites between April 17 and 30 who had been subjected to sexual violence.
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Family Of Peacekeeper Killed In Congo Accuses Government Of Insensitivity
Family members of BSF head constable Shishupal Singh Bagadia, who was killed in a violent protest in Congo, on Monday hit out at the government for allegedly not sharing any information with them about the attack and leaving them in the dark.
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PM Modi Speaks To UN Chief Over Death Of Indian Peacekeepers In Congo
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday discussed with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres the attack on UN mission personnel in Congo, in which two Indian peacekeepers were killed, and called for an expeditious investigation.
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India Calls For UN Security Council Meeting After Attack in DR Congo
India had called for a meeting of the United Nations Security Council after an attack on the UN mission in Congo killed Indian and Moroccan peacekeepers.
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UN Official Lauds Indian Troops For Thwarting Attack In Congo
Indian peacekeepers, as well as Blue Helmets from other nations, pushed back an attack by an armed group in Congo, a top UN official has said, lauding the peacekeepers' efforts and "proactive role" in countering these assaults on the civilian populat
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Mob Attacks Indian Businesses In Congo Amid Furore Over Student's Death
A mob attacked Indian businesses and vehicles in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital on Thursday, the police said, part of ongoing fallout from a Congolese student's death in Indian police custody last week.
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Fourteen Peacekeepers, Five Congo Soldiers, Killed In Congo Attack: UN
Suspected militiamen killed at least 14 UN peacekeepers and five Congolese soldiers in an attack on a United Nations base in eastern Congo on Thursday night, the UN mission said on Friday.
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51 Killed In Democratic Republic Of Congo Machete Attack: Watchdog
Civil society groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo today said the number of people hacked to death in the restive east this weekend has risen to 51.
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The Rare Ebola Outbreak Is One Danger, Attacks On Healthcare Workers Are Another
Aid workers are at risk in the volatile region where residents have long been under threat of armed groups that have killed thousands of people and displaced many more in recent years.
-
An Ebola Treatment Tent Set Ablaze Again In Eastern Congo With 18 Suspected Cases Escaping
On Thursday, another treatment center in the town of Rwampara was burned down after family members were prohibited from retrieving the body of a local man.
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Ebola Alert: Surveillance, Health Screening Measures Intensified At Kochi Airport
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Health authorities have intensified surveillance and precautionary measures against the Ebola virus at Cochin International Airport, in Kerala's Kochi, following an emergency preparedness meeting jointly convened by Cochin In
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Congo Reports Over 130 Suspected Ebola Deaths
Kinshasa, May 19 (IANS) Around 131 suspected deaths and 513 suspected cases have been reported in the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), DRC Health Minister Roger Kamba said Tuesday.
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Ebola Outbreak In Congo, Uganda An International Public Health Emergency, Says WHO
The current outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, which is considered dangerous because there are no approved vaccines or specific treatments available for it yet.
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Congolese Report Constant Burials As Deaths In New Ebola Outbreak Reach 87
At least 87 deaths have been reported in Congo's new Ebola disease outbreak in eastern Ituri province, the Africa CDC has said.
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Boys' Dorm Set On Fire, Girls Cut With Machetes In Deadliest Uganda Attack
Militants linked to the Islamic State group hacked and burned 37 students to death in western Uganda in the country's worst such attack in over a decade, army and police officials said Saturday.
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After Fleeing Conflict, Displaced Women Face Rape In East Congo
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) treated more than 670 women - or nearly 50 per day - at three sites between April 17 and 30 who had been subjected to sexual violence.
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Family Of Peacekeeper Killed In Congo Accuses Government Of Insensitivity
Family members of BSF head constable Shishupal Singh Bagadia, who was killed in a violent protest in Congo, on Monday hit out at the government for allegedly not sharing any information with them about the attack and leaving them in the dark.
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PM Modi Speaks To UN Chief Over Death Of Indian Peacekeepers In Congo
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday discussed with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres the attack on UN mission personnel in Congo, in which two Indian peacekeepers were killed, and called for an expeditious investigation.
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India Calls For UN Security Council Meeting After Attack in DR Congo
India had called for a meeting of the United Nations Security Council after an attack on the UN mission in Congo killed Indian and Moroccan peacekeepers.
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UN Official Lauds Indian Troops For Thwarting Attack In Congo
Indian peacekeepers, as well as Blue Helmets from other nations, pushed back an attack by an armed group in Congo, a top UN official has said, lauding the peacekeepers' efforts and "proactive role" in countering these assaults on the civilian populat
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Mob Attacks Indian Businesses In Congo Amid Furore Over Student's Death
A mob attacked Indian businesses and vehicles in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital on Thursday, the police said, part of ongoing fallout from a Congolese student's death in Indian police custody last week.
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Fourteen Peacekeepers, Five Congo Soldiers, Killed In Congo Attack: UN
Suspected militiamen killed at least 14 UN peacekeepers and five Congolese soldiers in an attack on a United Nations base in eastern Congo on Thursday night, the UN mission said on Friday.
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51 Killed In Democratic Republic Of Congo Machete Attack: Watchdog
Civil society groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo today said the number of people hacked to death in the restive east this weekend has risen to 51.
