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First flight between Kinshasa and rebel territory since August

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    A humanitarian flight bringing medical personnel and equipment from Kinshasa landed in Watsa on Saturday, after a refuelling stop in Goma, according to a statement from the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the DRC capital. The direct flight, facilitated by UNHCR, carried a team of Congolese and WHO epidemiologists. This was the first direct flight between Kinshasa and rebel-held territory since the war broke out last August.

    Meanwhile, several cases resembling the "Durba syndrome", as the disease is known, have been observed in the Bumba area of Province Equateur, humanitarian sources told IRIN on Monday.

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