Meanwhile, an international NGO said that a three-day vaccination campaign it was undertaking in South Kivu’s Katana health zone last month could not be completed because of an attack on a health centre in Kajeje, some 20 km from Bukavu, on 15 February. At least three people, including a teenage girl, were killed in the Kajeje attack. The local population, together with many IDPs from Kalonge who had sought refuge in Kajeje, had now moved into Kabare. In addition to burning houses and beating people, the Kajeje attackers took hostages and stole vaccines, the NGO told IRIN.
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