By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Actualité.cd
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.
Schools will reopen on Monday in North Kivu despite the Ebola outbreak and an incursion by the Allied Democratic Forces in the Mabalako health zone. Prisca Luanda Kamala also called on public employees to comply with the minimum service introduced to limit the spread of the virus, according to Beto.
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Armed men attempted to set fire to the Médecins Sans Frontières Ebola treatment centre in Beni, North Kivu, on the evening of 6 November, while 36 patients were hospitalised there. Security forces repelled the attack, and MSF condemned threats against its patients and staff, according to Actualité.cd.
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The military governor of Ituri is calling for increased surveillance, contact tracing and awareness efforts in response to the Ebola outbreak. In a message dated 6 November, he said provincial authorities are coordinating the response with health services and their partners, according to Le Potentiel.
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Journaliste en danger reports two physical attacks against journalists within 48 hours in Oïcha, North Kivu, and Bafwasende, Tshopo, as they worked on information related to Ebola. The first journalist was beaten and hospitalised before being discharged on 5 November, according to JED.
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FRN takes Bunyakiri and Bulambika in South KivuThe Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN) has taken control of Bunyakiri and Bulambika, in Kalehe territory in South Kivu, after fighting against the FARDC and Wazalendo. Residents fled towards Hombo, while government forces withdrew, according to local sources cited by Kivu Morning Post.
Ebola: Pierre Somsé warns of spread risk in Central African RepublicCentral African Health Minister Pierre Somsé warns of the risk of Ebola spreading from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where cases have been reported in Yakouma, near the Central African border. The minister also reports the epidemic front advancing in Haut-Uélé, near Bambouti and Obo, and calls for increased health vigilance, according to Centra News.The week in Africa
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