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Anti-Ebola efforts in DR Congo suspended amid violence
Source: BBC
3 hours ago
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have suspended efforts to contain an Ebola virus outbreak in the town of Beni because of worsening rebel attacks.
A militia attacked just "a few metres" from an emergency centre, the country's health ministry said.
Staff of the World Health Organization (WHO) were forced to leave as a shell hit the building they were in.
It is not clear when the mission might resume.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46249319