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DRC: MSF suspends medical activities in Ituri Province after attack

MSF

Health workers move a patient to a hospital after he was cleared of having Ebola inside a MSF (Doctors Without Borders) supported Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) on November 4, 2018 in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Photo credit: John WWessels | AFP

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has suspended services in parts of Ituri Province in eastern DR Congo after its staff was attacked the region.

"We are shocked, this is the second serious incident in a few months in this area, and this time directly against a vehicle clearly identified as medical and humanitarian," said Frédéric Lai Manantsoa, head of mission of Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF in French) in Ituri.