Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Congolese government is being pressured to investigate payments to a firm reportedly tied to Giuliani that lobbied the Trump administration to stave off sanctions.
‘I remember, like a month ago, one of the doctors who worked on the Ebola response was shot—shot dead.’
Unidentified assailants threw stones and set fire to the facility at the center of an outbreak.
The person has not been identified and was exposed while providing “medical assistance” in Congo, where a major outbreak in the midst of a civil war is under way.
Officials say the security situation on the ground is too dangerous.
Those fighting the deadly disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo contend with proliferating guerrilla groups, intensifying violence, and “tradi-modern” clinics.
Millions of people already are displaced by violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Now President Kabila is using the slaughter to keep himself in power.