World Health Organization calls lack of funding a huge impediment to successfully curbing the outbreak of measles in Congo. CBC | World News
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Violence against health workers complicating measles outbreak in Ebola-ravaged Congo
Violence against health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo is complicating the response to a massive measles outbreak and accelerating the spread of the disease, which has claimed twice as many lives than an ongoing Ebola epidemic. CBC | World News
Read More »26 killed as small plane crashes into homes in Congo
A small passenger plane carrying at least 17 passengers crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday in Congo’s eastern city of Goma, killing at least 26 people, including people on the ground. CBC | World News
Read More »UN expresses ‘outrage’ as 14 peacekeepers killed in Congo
In the deadliest single attack on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in recent memory, rebels in eastern Congo killed at least 14 peacekeepers and wounded 53 others in an assault on their base that was launched at nightfall and went on for hours. CBC | World News
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