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In the Ituri province of the DRC, for the first time since May, the Ebola treatment centre in Mangbwalu has no confirmed patients left — MSF staff and residents marked this with a celebration. However, the epidemic in the region continues: on 27 October, authorities reported more than 10,000 confirmed cases in Africa.
Otabek YusupovFive months into the Ebola epidemic in DR Congo, the deadliest in the country's history, 12 emergency nurseries have been opened for children who lost their parents. 8,200 new orphans have been registered; the disease has claimed 4,687 lives out of 9,704 infections.
Sevara AzamovaAccording to the UN, at least 77 civilians were killed in September in a series of attacks attributed to ADF militants in the Mambasa territory in Ituri province in eastern DR Congo. The militants also abducted people and set houses on fire. This week, 10 more deaths were reported in an attack on mines.
Otabek Yusupov
