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news The Guardian World 2026-06-17

Ebola Crisis Impacts Livelihoods and Public Services in Bunia

Public-facing workers in Bunia, including educators and drivers, are struggling with the severe economic and human toll caused by the ongoing Ebola outbreak.


<p>A headteacher, a motorcycle taxi driver and a travel agent are among those who are counting the human and economic cost of the virus</p><p>Justin Keno watches more than 400 pupils stream through the Nelson Mandela school’s gate each morning, and wonders which of them might be carrying Ebola.</p><p>The institution’s principal has done everything he can to prevent the spread of the virus: installing hand-washing basins at the entrance, providing alcohol-based hand rub for parents, making pupils...

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