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20/12/2018 - DRC / North Kivu / Béni - The city of Béni is suffuring from the rebels attacks for more than 5 years now.
 

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21/12/2018 - DRC / North Kivu / Béni - Political meeting in Beni. December 2018. A wave of hope and renewal filled the entire DRC with the eventual end of the reign of President Joseph Kabila. It was not to mention the machiavelism of the latter who succeeded in handing over power to Felix Tshisekedi and eliminating the opposition party represented by Martin Fayulu.
 

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23/12/2018 - DRC / North Kivu / Béni - On December 23, 2018, the ADF rebels made another incursion into a neighborhood bordering the city of Beni. They arrived at 8:04 pm, killed 5 people, abducted 3 children aged 6 to 8 years. They beheaded a taxi driver and stole all the goats present. According to the testimony of Jezéquiel, a resident of the area, the FARDC (Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo) based 500 meters would have arrived around 23 pm.


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18/12/2018 - DRC / North Kivu / Béni - The population is fleeing recurrent incursions of the ADF rebels. In the commune of Rwenzori, in the north-east of the Beni agglomeration, at least three quarters of the neighborhoods have been abandoned by their inhabitants


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20/12/2018 - DRC / North Kivu / Béni - In the aftermath of a new massacre in Beni attributed to the Ugandan rebels of the ADF, the monument erected at the center of a roundabout, in memory of Enoch Nyamwisi Muvingi, was discovered still erect, but amputated with both arms and beheaded. On November 2, 2018, after another carnage, an angry crowd had debunked the statue of "roundabout Kabila" and burned flags of the Presidential Majority, the coalition that supports the head of state. Through Enoch Nyamwisi, his brother was targeted: Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi, a former Ugandan-backed rebel leader, had in fact rallied to Joseph Kabila at the end of the Second Congo War (1998-2003) .
 

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15/12/2018 - DRC / North Kivu / Béni - Since the beginning of the massacres in October 2014, three localities north of Béni-ville have been the most frequently affected: Mbau, capital of the Beni-Mbau sector, Kamango in the Watalinga chiefdom, and Eringeti, north of Mbau, They form what is called the "Triangle of Death".
 

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18/12/2018 - DRC / North Kivu / Béni - The many riches of the basement of the DRC mean that children prefer to go to earn money in the mines rather than to go to school. The teachers observed a decrease of half of their staff in the space of 5 years.


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20/12/2018 - DRC / North Kivu / Béni - Adolphe Katsuva lives in the district of Oïcha, located 25 km from the city of Beni. On 24 September 2018, around 18:30, the ADF militia kidnapped his 3 children aged 10, 9 and 5 years, of which there is still no news.
 

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25/12/2018 - DRC / North Kivu / Béni - On 25 December 2018, the FARDC (Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) found a decapitated taxi driver.
 

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23/12/2018 - DRC / North Kivu / Béni - DRC, North Kivu, 17/12/2018: 6 people were killed by ADF rebels. The attacks last for more than 5 years and have already made more than 1,500 victims.
 

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19/12/2018 - DRC / North Kivu / Béni - The outbreak of Ebola officially began on August 1, 2018, after the confirmation of four cases tested positive for the virus. This is the tenth Ebola outbreak in Africa, but it is unprecedented because its epicenter, the city of Beni, is located in a conflict zone.
 

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24/12/2018 - DRC / North Kivu / Béni - A patient suspected of contracting the Ebola virus has just been taken to the msf treatment center. The ambulance is completely disinfected with chlorinated water.


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22/12/2018 - Democratic Republic of the Congo / North Kivu / Béni - DRC, North Kivu, Blessed: Since the beginning of the different ebola outbreaks, this is the first time that doctors have been experimenting with vaccines on the population. 4 vaccines are being tested. These do not prevent the contagion of the virus but it greatly improves the chances of survival.


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24/12/2018 - DRC / North Kivu / Béni - The climate of insecurity has serious implications for front-line workers. In addition, population movements and pockets of community resistance or reluctance hinder the early detection of new cases and the effectiveness of response interventions. Due to persistent transmission in North Kivu communities, the risk of spreading the epidemic to other provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries remains very high. Alerts have been reported in Uganda, Tanganyika Province, neighboring Congo and South Sudan.
 

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24/12/2018 - DRC / North Kivu / Béni - Systematically, as soon as an individual suspected of having contracted the Ebola virus joins a treatment center, all his or her belongings are completely burned.
 

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24/12/2018 - DRC / North Kivu / Béni - As of December 2018, more than 300 Ebola deaths have been reported. In March 2019, 563 deaths were recorded without counting that the neighboring province (Ituri) has just been affected.
 

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24/12/2018 - DRC / North Kivu / Béni - The Ebola virus is transmitted by body fluids (blood, sweat, saliva). Nurses must go through a decontamination zone when they have finished the care.


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24/12/2018 - DRC / North Kivu / Béni - The reluctance of the population is great in the face of the massive arrival of NGOs. 2 treatment centers were attacked by the population who think that this epidemic was introduced by the government in order to reap benefits. The inhabitants do not understand why no action has been taken against the rebels and suddenly Ebola mobilizes so many people.
 

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25/12/2018 - DRC / North Kivu / Béni - The city of blessed, abandoned gods. Residents have been denied the right to vote in the presidential elections due to insecurity (official reason) and the presence of the Ebola virus. The city of Beni was overwhelmingly in favor of opposition candidate Martin Fayulu.
 

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21/12/2018 - DRC / North Kivu / Béni - The people of North Kivu are fleeing the province to Uganda.
 

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