Congo’s Ebola deaths top 1,000 as violence and shortages hamper medics

Ebola has now killed more than 1,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, official figures show, as medics struggle to contain an outbreak amid militant violence, attacks on clinics and widespread shortages.

The number of confirmed Ebola cases has increased to 2,536, Congo’s public health institute said late on Wednesday. The number of deaths has passed the 1,000 mark to reach 1,033, it added....