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A village chief in Congo works to overcome Ebola prejudice even as the disease kills his relatives

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BENI, Congo (AP) — After each of his relatives got Ebola and became sick, Alphonse bin Kitobi Achou Taibo would scramble to get them to the nearest hospital in eastern Congo, but they accused him of taking them there to die and refused to go. The chief of Bapakombe-Bakondo was in despair.

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    BENI, Congo (AP) — After each of his relatives got Ebola and became sick, Alphonse bin Kitobi Achou Taibo would scramble to get them to the nearest hospital in eastern Congo, but they accused him of taking them there to die and refused to go. The chief of Bapakombe-Bakondo was in despair.

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