Mother Killed, Baby Rescued Amid DRC Attack
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Tragedy struck the Byambwe Hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Nov. 15, when armed fighters of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) stormed the facility that night. Among the victims was a young mother who had delivered her baby three days earlier. She was murdered in the attack. Yet from this horror, another woman, who had herself given birth just one day before, risked her life to rescue the newborn. Both women were recovering from their deliveries at the hospital, awaiting release after childbirth, when the attack occurred.
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