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Men storm a Congo hospital treating Ebola patients to demand bodies of their kin

A local hospital official says that angry young men stormed a hospital treating Ebola patients at the heart of an outbreak in eastern Congo, demanding the bodies of their relatives

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Ecuador's president touts US-backed crime-fighting efforts

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa uses his State of the Union address to highlight his government's crime-fighting strategies backed by the United States

Turkey's main opposition party is in a standoff over court-ordered leadership

Police have stormed the offices of Turkey’s main opposition CHP party, using tear gas and rubber bullets

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How Congo is battling an Ebola outbreak complicated by aid cuts, armed rebels and anger

Experts say several crises combine to make the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo difficult to contain

Suspected Ebola cases in DRC pass 900 as health workers face attacks and shortages

WHO says outbreak poses ‘very high’ risk for country, but risk of disease spreading globally remains lowAuthorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo say that suspected Ebola cases have now passed 900 in the ongoing outbreak in the east of the country.The DRC’s ministry of communication said in a post on X on Sunday that there were 904 suspected cases and 119 suspected deaths. Continue reading...