Politician ‘beaten to death’ after speaking about Ebola on radio

Ebola responders in DRC have been attacked due to misinformation and false claims about the disease (Picture: AP Photo/Sebastien Kitsa Musayi)

A DRC politician is said to have been beaten to death after speaking about the Ebola outbreak on the radio.

Marie-Celestin Karondwa, the acting president of UDPS party in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was reportedly attacked in his neighbourhood after the radio show.

The politician had promoted disease prevention measures to tackle the spread of Ebola shortly before being attacked, his party said.

Karondwa was...