Congo-Kinshasa: German Foreign Minister Demands Congo Step Up Ebola Fight

5 September 2019

When it comes to fighting the Ebola outbreak, the German foreign minister had a straightfoward message for DRC President Felix Tshisekedi. Fabian von der Mark reports from Kinshasa.

After arriving in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by plane, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas immediately had his temperature taken -- a precautionary measure amid the country's Ebola outbreak. In just one year, the virus has claimed the lives of 2,000 people in the DRC. Maas met experts who briefed him on the current Ebola situation before meeting the country's president, Felix Tshisekedi, in the capital Kinshasa on Thursday, the final day of his four-day trip to Africa.

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