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Peacekeepers and Soldiers Killed as Conflict Keeps Driving the DRC’s Ebola Crisis

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Peacekeepers and Soldiers Killed as Conflict Keeps Driving the DRC’s Ebola Crisis

Top News: As the Democratic Republic of the Congo faces its 10th Ebola outbreak on record, the Sisyphean task of responding to the virus is being further complicated by the location of the outbreak—in the bull’s-eye of a conflict zone. At least 12 Congolese soldiers and eight United Nations peacekeepers were killed during an operation this week in Kididiwe, near Beni, the epicenter of the outbreak. They were working to counter the Allied Democratic Forces, one of the many disruptive rebel groups in the region. At present, more than 300 people have been infected in the outbreak, and contact tracing—identifying and monitoring those who’ve interacted with an infected person, a process health workers rely on to limit the spread of infection—continues to be life-threatening work. The most-affected areas are close to the border with Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi  causing concerns for Africa’s Great Lakes region as a whole.

United Kingdom: The longevity of U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s leadership is being debated across the country. Anti-Brexit protesters shot flares and waved signs outside Parliament on Thursday, while inside Parliament, British politicians railed against May’s 585-page draft Brexit deal for 57 minutes before any affirmative comments were made. But on Friday, Environment Secretary Michael Gove announced that unlike other cabinet members who recently quit over May’s European Union exit strategy, he was “absolutely” confident in her leadership and would not be resigning from his position.

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AFRICA

•  In Zimbabwe, upward of 42 people were killed last night when a bus traveling from Bulawayo ignited after a suspected gas tank leak.

•  The U.S. Defense Department announced Thursday that it will scale back its military personnel in Africa by 10 percent in the next several years, corresponding to hundreds of troops.

•  EU foreign-policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Thursday that the European Union will review its policies toward Tanzania in the wake of the country’s crackdown on media outlets, LGBT people, and opposition parties.

AMERICAS

•  In the United States, ballots cast in Florida’s closely fought Senate race are set to be recounted by hand.

•  Police in Argentina on Thursday arrested 12 people whom officials have labeled as anarchists, in connection with two bombs that were discovered in Buenos Aires in the buildup to the G-20 meetings there.

•  LGBTQ couples will have the right to marry in Costa Rica starting in 2020, after a landmark ruling by the country’s constitutional court this week.

ASIA

•  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed testing of a “newly developed high-tech tactical” weapon this week, according to the country’s official news agency, which added that this brought Kim “passionate joy.”

•  More than 100 Rohingyas on a boat headed for Malaysia were detained by immigration officials as they attempted to leave Myanmar on Friday.

•  On an official visit to South Korea on Friday, North Korean delegation leader Ri Jong Hyok called for Japan to account for war crimes it committed in World War II through “sincere and frank reflection, apology, and sufficient compensation.”

EUROPE

•  As Brexit concerns continue, British engine-maker Rolls-Royce is stockpiling parts as a contingency plan.

•  Members of the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention suspended their official visit to Hungary this week after being denied access to migrant “transit zones” along the border with Serbia.

•  In Ireland, protests have swept the country since a defense lawyer presented a pair of underwear in court as a part of his argument that a 27-year-old man was not guilty of raping a 17-year-old girl. Irish politician Ruth Coppinger took her own underwear to parliament earlier in the week.

MIDDLE EAST

•  In response to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, 17 Saudi officials are now facing U.S. sanctions.

•  The head of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, which supports Palestinian refugees, said that funding from the EU, Japan, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia has allowed the agency to cover the majority of the $300 million loss that resulted from the Trump administration’s withdrawal of support earlier this year.

•  Oil started flowing Friday from Kirkuk, a major oil field in Iraq that had been shut down for a year amid unresolved tensions between Kurdish authorities and Baghdad.

- By Jefcoate O'Donnell

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