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World Service,3 mins

DRC: Eight arrested over attack on Ebola health workers

Focus on Africa

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Eight people have been arrested over an attack against an Ebola response team in Beni, in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Those arrested are accused of burning the team's car and injuring their driver. It is not the first time that health workers are targeted as they try to contain the deadly disease. The World Health Organisation temporarily suspended their activities in the area after the attack. Dr Michel Yao is with the WHO: he gave details about the attack and spoke about what it means for the future of Ebola eradication efforts in the area. (Photo: Soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) stand guard inside an Ebola Treatment Centre. Credit: JOHN WESSELS/AFP/Getty Images)

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