India, July 30 -- Families displaced by years of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are confronting a worsening humanitarian emergency as an Ebola outbreak spreads through overcrowded camps in Ituri Province, compounding food shortages, restricted movement and limited access to healthcare.
Conflict and disease collide
Aid agency ActionAid says thousands of internally displaced people are struggling to survive as Ebola adds a fresh layer of risk to an already fragile humanitarian situation. Many families living in camps fled intercommunal violence years ago but now face movement restrictions, dwindling livelihoods and fears of infection. Women and children remain among the most vulnerable, with access to food, clean water and...