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Congolese politician is killed for defending Ebola efforts as mistrust complicates response
Family says he was beaten and his home was set ablaze after he defended Ebola measures on radio.
- Mourners gathered Wednesday to bury Marie-Célestin Karondwa, a local UDPS official in Butembo, who died after being beaten at his home on Sunday for publicly defending government Ebola response efforts on radio.
- The attack illustrates deep-seated public mistrust hampering efforts to contain the Central African nation's 17th and deadliest Ebola outbreak, which has recorded over 8,000 cases and nearly 4,000 deaths.
- Sagesse Kavira, Karondwa's granddaughter, told The Associated Press that assailants beat him and then burned his house after he used the radio program to promote social distancing and handwashing.
- UDPS first federal vice-president Jean-Baptiste Katsongo Lwatswa said the radio appeals angered certain young people, while health workers struggle to operate in eastern Congo territories plagued by decades of conflict and mistrust.
- Compounding these challenges, the World Health Organization warns the rare Bundibugyo virus causing the outbreak lacks approved vaccines or treatments, though clinical trials are currently ongoing in Ituri province.
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Politician killed for defending Ebola efforts
BUTEMBO: Mourners gathered yesterday to bury a Congolese politician who was beaten to death after publicly defending the government’s response to Ebola, a killing that highlights the mistrust health workers say is hampering efforts to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history.
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Congolese politician is killed for defending Ebola efforts as mistrust complicates response
Mourners have gathered to bury a Congolese politician who was beaten to death after defending the government’s Ebola response.
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