Cut off from Kinshasa, Congo’s rebels built their own Ebola response
Reuters reviewed documents from Congo’s Health Ministry and spoke to eight sources involved in the Ebola response in rebel-held areas, including one AFC/M23 official, two members of the technical coordination committee for the response and five aid workers, most of whom spoke on condition of anonymity because they feared being seen as legitimising the rebel group or jeopardising their access.
The rebel-held areas recorded four Ebola cases after the outbreak was declared on May 15 – one in Goma and three near Bukavu – according to data from Congo’s Health Ministry and the World Health Organization.
Congo’s AFC/M23 rebels have used a small Ebola outbreak in territory they control to showcase their ability to govern, mounting a response largely separate from authorities in Kinshasa and supported in part by neighbouring Rwanda, according to response teams and official documents.
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