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Doctors without Borders suspends operations in NE Congo due to violence

Doctors without Borders (MSF) is present in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Pictured here, a children's vaccination campaign in March, 2020. REUTERS/Hereward Holland

French charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) announced on Monday that it would stop its humanitarian aid operations in two villages in the north eastern Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo due to an increase in violent attacks, two of which recently targeted its workers.

"Lack of security and impunity have forced MSF to close down humanitarian efforts in the villages of Nizi and Bambu," the organisation told a press conference on Monday.

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