By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on RFI
Acting UN Humanitarian Coordinator in DR Congo, Alain Akpadji, warns of new clashes reported since Sunday 8 November in the Fataki health zone in Ituri. According to RFI, insecurity is disrupting humanitarian and health operations in a province that accounts for nearly 70% of confirmed Ebola cases.
UN Acting Humanitarian Coordinator in DR Congo, Alain Akpadji, condemns violence reported since 8 November in Djugu territory, which has left at least six injured around the Plaine Savo site, home to more than 76,000 displaced people. Shots were also reported in Fataki, about 25 km away, and a humanitarian assessment mission has been suspended for security reasons, according to the UN.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Kivu Morning Post ·
At least five civilians were injured in clashes on 8 November near the Plaine Savo displacement site in Djugu territory. The violence risks disrupting humanitarian aid and the Ebola response, according to Alain Akpadji, acting humanitarian coordinator in DR Congo.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Beto ·
DR Congo has 10,668 confirmed cases of Bundibugyo virus disease and 5,198 deaths as of 3 November, according to the World Health Organization. Transmission remains active in 51 of the 67 affected health zones, while 512 deaths have been recorded since 21 October, WHO reports.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: ThisDay ·
A grenade was discovered this weekend outside the entrance to the Beni Health Zone Office, in North Kivu, according to health authorities. The discovery comes as the region faces an Ebola outbreak and armed violence, reports Actualite.cd.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Actualité.cd ·
Kabila’s FRN retakes Kimete and Kabanju in South KivuThe Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN), led by Joseph Kabila, says it has retaken control of Kimete and Kabanju, on the Minembwe highlands, after heavy fighting against the FARDC, according to Colonel Fidel Rugabo. Clashes are also reported in Masisi and Kalehe, according to the FRN.
Tornado tears roof off secondary school in MadingouA violent tornado on 9 November 2026 tore the roof off the building housing the Seconde and Première littéraire classes at Nestor Makoundzi Wollo secondary school in Madingou, in Bouenza. The damage disrupted Chinese and philosophy lessons, with no casualties, according to Les Echos du Congo-Brazzaville.The week in Africa
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