Violence against healthcare workers in DRC hampers Ebola response
- Healthcare workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been coming under attack, the United Nations and Red Cross have warned, hampering efforts to stem the spread of the Ebola virus, which is spreading 'exponentially'.
- Issued on: 24/08/2026 - 12:08 2 min Reading time More than 260 healthcare workers have been attacked in the past six months and eight have been killed, warned United Nations Ebola coordinator Julien Harneis.
- "Fear translates into angry young men who start throwing stones at their object of fear, the ambulance," he said on Friday from the northeastern city of Bunia.
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- Healthcare workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been coming under attack, the United Nations and Red Cross have warned, hampering efforts to stem the spread of the Ebola virus, which is spreading 'exponentially'.
- Issued on: 24/08/2026 - 12:08 2 min Reading time More than 260 healthcare workers have been attacked in the past six months and eight have been killed, warned United Nations Ebola coordinator Julien Harneis.
- "Fear translates into angry young men who start throwing stones at their object of fear, the ambulance," he said on Friday from the northeastern city of Bunia.
Sources: RFI