As schools re-open, Congo drops remote learning plan in Ebola red zone

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By Gradel Muyisa and Ange Kasongo Reuters | Posted by TOE Schools reopened this week in areas of Democratic Republic of Congo hardest hit by Ebola, after authorities decided the risk of transmission ‌was outweighed by the risk of pupils struggling with remote learning, an official told Reuters on Wednesday. The ‌death toll from the outbreak – the worst in Congo’s long history with the disease – has exceeded 3,000, according to government data published on Wednesday, ​with cases spread across six provinces and a mortality rate of 48.6%. More than 1,000 schools in Ituri are classified as being in the “red zone”, meaning a high-risk zone or zone of active transmission, according to an education ministry document seen this week by Reuters. Ministry regulations published on August 19 stipulated that schools in the red zone would temporarily replace in-person classes with “distance learning” ‌involving worksheets distributed every two...
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At least 64 killed, dozens reported missing in Ethiopia landslides, floods

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A landslide in the Gamo Zone ​of southern Ethiopia earlier ‌this week has killed at least 64 people, regional officials said ​on Thursday.

Another 50 people could ​be missing. The landslide happened ⁠following heavy rains.

“It has ​been confirmed that 64 people have ​lost their lives, and efforts are continuing intensively to locate 50 people ​whose whereabouts are unknown,” ​the Gamo Zone communications office said in ‌a ⁠statement on its Facebook page.

The southern Ethiopia regional state office also gave a death toll ​of ​56.

A photo ⁠posted on Facebook by the Ethiopian Broadcasting ​Corporation showed residents standing ​at ⁠the scene of the landslide, with parts of a nearby ⁠hillside ​stripped of vegetation and ​some people standing knee-deep in mud.

SOURCE: REUTERS AND AGENCIES



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