Death toll tops 200 in Ebola outbreak
Kinshasa: The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to more than 200, the health ministry said on Sunday. The Ministry said it had recorded 201 deaths from the virus and that 291 cases have been confirmed since the outbreak began in August.
Rebels kill 6, kidnap five in east DR Congo
Beni (DR Congo): Suspected Ugandan rebels killed six people, hacking one woman to death, and kidnapped five others — mostly children — in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s restive east, officials said on Sunday.
Gunbattle kills a dozen in Afghanistan
Jalalabad (Afghanistan): Over a dozen people, mostly security personnel, were killed as armed terrorists stormed security checkpoints in Burka district of Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province, an official said on Sunday.
The militants, according to the official, attacked the checkpoints in Falul area on Saturday night, killing over a dozen people, a majority of them security personnel, reports Xinhua news agency.
Taliban militants also suffered casualties in the fighting that lasted for a while, the official added.
Burka district has been regarded as a stronghold of the Taliban.