An upsurge of fighting in the east of the mineral-rich part of Democratic Republic of the Congo has exacerbated the spread of the world’s second largest Ebola outbreak. Photo: Reuters
An upsurge of fighting in the east of the mineral-rich part of Democratic Republic of the Congo has exacerbated the spread of the world’s second largest Ebola outbreak. Photo: Reuters
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DR Congo, ravaged by Ebola and war, is the ‘most neglected crisis’ of 2018

  • Aid agencies concur thar Congo’s ‘mega-crisis’ barely made headlines
  • Central African Republic, where armed groups control much of the country, came a close second in a poll

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Updated: 10:32pm, 20 Dec, 2018

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An upsurge of fighting in the east of the mineral-rich part of Democratic Republic of the Congo has exacerbated the spread of the world’s second largest Ebola outbreak. Photo: Reuters
An upsurge of fighting in the east of the mineral-rich part of Democratic Republic of the Congo has exacerbated the spread of the world’s second largest Ebola outbreak. Photo: Reuters
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