Ebola in the DRC: Fear and conspiracy theories

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Pascale Harter introduces stories from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ukraine, Manipur state in India's north-east and the Klamath River in the USA. The Democratic Republic of Congo is experiencing another outbreak of Ebola - and as the virus spreads, so too have rumours and conspiracy theories about the disease. Olivia Acland reports from the border between North Kivu and Ituri provinces. Ukraine has recently come under one of the heaviest Russian assaults in months, with its energy infrastructure once again hit hard. Yet the rhythms and tasks of daily life don't let up. Vitaly Shevchenko reflects on the traffic police, bus drivers and road-repair crews keeping things going in Kherson and Kyiv. Three years ago, the state of Manipur in India’s north-east erupted in violence, and hundreds of people were killed as tensions between the Kuki and Meitei communities boiled over. Since then, the deeper causes of the conflict haven’t been resolved – and this year, communal violence has broken out again. Raghvendra Rao journeyed through the Imphal Valley and saw how divided the state's landscape has become. And in America's Pacific Northwest, Ash Bhardwaj takes a wild raft ride down the Klamath River - which is flowing freely for the first time in a century after the removal of a string of hydroelectric dams. The new waterscape has been a boon for Indigenous communities in Oregon and California - and for the coho salmon, finally able to swim all the way upstream to spawn - but people who once owned lakeside homes now have no waterside views. Producer: Polly Hope Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison (Image: Health officials race to contain deadly Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo. Credit: Michel Lunanga/Getty Images)