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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 Union for Democracy and Social Progress official killed after defending the government's Ebola response on a radio program in Butembo on Sunday.
- The attack illustrates deep-seated public mistrust hampering efforts to contain the 17th and deadliest Ebola outbreak, which has recorded over 8,000 cases and nearly 4,000 deaths across the Central African nation.
- Sagesse Kavira, Karondwa's granddaughter, told The Associated Press that assailants beat him and set his house alight after he used a radio show to encourage social distancing and handwashing.
- Jean-Baptiste Katsongo Lwatswa, first federal vice-president of UDPS in Butembo, said the radio appeals angered certain young residents, while health workers struggle to operate in rebel-controlled eastern Congo territories.
- The World Health Organization warns the rare Bundibugyo virus causing the outbreak lacks approved vaccines or treatments, though clinical trials for potential solutions continue in Ituri province.
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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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