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For Rebels in Congo, Ebola Could Help Strengthen Their Rule

A violent militia that controls large swaths of Congolese territory in the east may use the virus to try to bolster its authority.

© Arlette Bashizi for The New York Times

A church member distributes food to displaced people at the Kigonze camp. The camp is home to more than 25,000 people in Bunia, Ituri province, the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in June.
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