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The Butembo centre is now run by the health ministry in collaboration with the World Health Organization and the UN children's organisation Unicef, the authorities said.treatment centre in eastern DR Congo has reopened after an attack by gunmen last Wednesday forced its closure, the health ministry announced.

Repairs were also set to begin on another North Kivu treatment centre, in Katwa, that was set ablaze on the night of February 24, the statement said late Sunday. The Butembo centre is now run by the health ministry in collaboration with the World Health Organization and the UN children’s organisation Unicef, the authorities said.

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