UN chief visits Congo Ebola region, pledging support
September 1, 2019
BENI, Congo (AP) — The United Nations secretary general visited Congo's eastern city of Beni on Sunday, pledging solidarity as the region faces an Ebola outbreak that has killed nearly 2,000 people in a year and ongoing insecurity that has residents skeptical of outside help.
"I could not go to the DRC (Congo) without coming to meet the brave inhabitants of this beautiful territory," U.N. chief Antonio Guterres said. "There are major concerns about health. There is measles, malaria, cholera and now the terrible drama of Ebola. We are fully on the side of the Congolese people to try to mee...
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