Armed Attackers Storm Congo Hospital as Ebola Outbreak Spreads Across Borders Into Neighboring Uganda

Armed assailants stormed the Mongbwalu General Hospital in eastern Congo to demand bodies of relatives following deaths from the rare Bundibugyo Ebola virus.The incident is part of a wave of attacks on medical facilities that complicates containment efforts for an outbreak that has now reached Uganda.International health authorities have declared a global emergency as cases surpass nine hundred amid persistent community distrust and violence.
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