WHO evacuates 49 staff from the DRC

The World Health Organization says it has evacuated 49 members of staff from the town of Beni in the eastern part of the DRC due to the worsening security situation, as protesters stormed a UN peacekeepers' camp in the area angered by an escalation of attacks by armed groups in the region.

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