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Necessity drives gold miners in DR Congo’s Ebola epicenter
MONGBWALU: In the mines of Mongbwalu, the epicenter of an Ebola outbreak in the northeastern Democratic Republic Congo, gold prospectors have no choice but to overcome their fear of the virus and carry on their backbreaking work. “Ebola is real and it scares us. But if I stay at home, what are my children going to eat?” Justin Okaume, an artisanal digger, asked. The DRC’s 17th Ebola outbreak was declared on May 15 after several unexplained deaths in Mongbwalu in the mineral-rich but volatile Ituri province.
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africanews.com
DR Congo: Mining operations continue at epicentre of Ebola outbreak | Africanews
At a gold mine in Mongbwalu, necessity is forcing people to put aside their fear of the virus and carry on working.
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npr.org
In the Ebola epicenter, a gold-mining town reacts with fear, disbelief and grit
NPR reports from Mongbwalu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The fight to contain the virus faces obstacles from lack of supplies to residents who doubt that the virus is real.
