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Congo-Kinshasa: Killings Trigger Protests, Complicate Ebola Response
The New Humanitarian, 26 November 2019
'It is still a fragile time, despite the recent positive trends in decreasing caseload.' Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Violence Forces Ebola Responders Out of Critical Areas
VOA, 27 November 2019
More than one-third of the United Nation’s Ebola responders in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Beni were relocated Tuesday amid growing insecurity in the… Read more »
Attacks Force Out Ebola Workers in DR Congo
More than one-third of the United Nations' Ebola responders in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Beni have been relocated amid growing insecurity in the area. The military said at least four protesters were killed on Monday when they stormed a UN compound over a perceived failure of UN peacekeepers to prevent attacks by rebel militia groups.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Is Country Ready for Peacekeepers to Leave By 2022?
The Conversation Africa, 28 November 2019
An independent United Nations (UN) strategic review has recommended that the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) complete a phased withdrawal by 2022.… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Working to Prevent Attacks On Civilians in Eastern DR Congo
UN News, 26 November 2019
Peacekeepers from the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were conducting extensive patrols in the east of the country on Tuesday, one day after demonstrators… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: At Least Two Reported Dead As Protesters Storm UN Base in Beni
DW, 25 November 2019
Residents in a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo's say the UN MONUSCO mission is doing nothing to protect them from rebel attacks. The UN mission and Congo's military will… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Beni Residents Burn Town Hall, Move On UN Peacekeepers
VOA, 26 November 2019
Angry residents in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Beni set fire to its town hall in protest Monday after suspected rebels killed eight people. Read more »
A United Nations peacekeeper greets local people as he patrols Beni in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (file photo).
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The United Nations has said that the opportunity to quickly end the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo could be lost due to violence in the country's ... Read more »
