Insecurity in eastern DRC hampers Ebola response

Worsening insecurity and repeated attacks against civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) increasingly impede the Ebola response in Ituri province, the epicenter of the outbreak, UN humanitarians said on Thursday.



The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that violence in Ituri is also putting displaced families at greater risk.



"According to humanitarian partners, at least 12 displaced children were reportedly abducted by armed people on 27 July near the Plaine Savo displacement site in Djugu territory," OCHA said. "Local civil society organizations report that at least 23 displaced people were killed in and around the site during the first half of this year."