UN agencies have moved swiftly to contain the latest Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC, delivering emergency medical supplies, protective equipment and logistics support.
He highlighted the challenges posed by the significant population movements in the DR Congo.
The American doctor, who was working in the DRC with a medical missionary group, tested positive, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said.
DRC is one of the world’s most protracted and most neglected humanitarian crises, driven by conflict, displacement, climate shocks and epidemics.
The 21 slain civilians included six men and one woman shot in the head near the Katindo military camp in Goma.
The crisis has displaced hundreds of thousands of people in eastern DRC, with 10,000 to 15,000 fleeing into Burundi in just a few days, according to UNHCR.
On January 28, the security council convened its second emergency meeting in three days to address the escalating crisis in Goma.
Mr Muyaya at a news briefing said that the number of bodies to be buried “gave an overview of massacres committed in the city.”
According to two UN sources, Congolese soldiers positioned on Mount Goma exchanged artillery fire with Rwandan troops on the other side of the border.
Nine peacekeepers have also been injured, UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Friday.
