UN official blasts violence against Ebola teams in DRC eNCA
Health workers are seen inside the 'red zone' of an Ebola treatment centre which was attacked in March.
BUTEMBO - The UN special representative to DR Congo has blasted rumours that the world body was trying to cash in on an Ebola epidemic that hasLeila Zerrougui, head of the UN mission to the sprawling central African nation, visited the eastern city of Butembo where she slammed as"sheer madness" local speculation that"there is no illness, that they want to poison us because they are trying to cash in on us."to deal with the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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