Fighting in eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo has led to the death of seven United Nations peacekeepers.
On Thursday the U.N said the peacekeepers were killed during clashes with militias operating in an Ebola-stricken area.
U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told the media in New York that “Our peacekeeping colleagues tell us that six peacekeepers from Malawi and one from Tanzania who are part of the U.N. peacekeeping operation in the DRC … were killed in Beni territory, in North Kivu.”
Fighting in areas hit by Ebola in the DR Congo has impacted negatively on efforts to contain the spread of the disease.
Health ministry officials in the country have said that more than 200 people have been killed by the outbreak so far with thousands of people infected.
The latest outbreak according to the World Health Organisation is the worst to hit the country. It also ranks as third worst in the history of Africa.
U.N Secretary General Antonio Guterres is reported to have called “on all armed groups to stop their destabilising activities, which continue to add to the suffering of the population and complicate the response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak”.
Source: Africafeeds.com
