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Ebola closure cuts off a lifeline between DRC’s Goma and Rwanda

Health officials defend the restrictions, but traders say the measures have disrupted the flow of goods and income.

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Health officials defend the restrictions, but traders say the measures have disrupted the flow of goods and income. Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Between the border posts linking Goma and the Rwandan town of Gisenyi, at Petite Barrière, stands a wooden hut that was once crowded with traders and travellers moving back and forth each day.

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