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BUTEMBO, Democratic Republic of Congo
More than 20 Congolese women have accused aid workers of sexual abuse in new claims that include rape and unwanted pregnancies, with UN investigators uncovering similar allegations of workers exploiting vulnerable women.
At a glance: Fresh allegations in the Ebola aid worker scandal
More than 20 women report sexual abuse by aid workers in Butembo.
The World Health Organization faces 14 claims, including rape.
Another woman reportedly died after a botched abortion.
Seven organisations are named, including three UN agencies.
Most of the aid workers allegedly involved are Congolese.
The New Humanitarian and the Thomson Reuters Foundation spoke to 22 women in Butembo who said male aid workers responding to an Ebola crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo offered them jobs in exchange for sex.
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The World Health Organization says a small outbreak of the Ebola virus has been contained in an eastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
According to Congo’s Ministry of Health, the outbreak inflected 12 people and killed six in North Kivu province.
The WHO congratulated the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s health authorities and the heath workers “on the ground for their swift response which built on the country’s previous experience in tackling Ebola outbreaks,” said the U.N. agency in a statement Monday.
According to its statement, the WHO had an estimated 60 experts on the ground to help local workers trace contacts, provide treatment, engage communities and vaccinate nearly 2,000 people at high risk, including more than 500 front-line workers.