UN protection back for threatened Nobel-winning Congo doctor

FILE - in this Monday, Oct. 29, 2018 file photo, Nobel Peace Prize 2018 winner Doctor Denis Mukwege of Congo arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, to meet France's President Emmanuel Macron. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege has stepped down Wednesday, June 10, 2020 from a COVID-19 task force in eastern Congo, saying his hospital needs to focus on treating coronavirus patients because testing delays and other problems have allowed the crisis to deepen. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

FILE - In this Sunday Dec. 9, 2018 file photo, Dr. Denis Mukwege from Congo prepares to listen to questions, with Nadia Murad from Iraq, at a media conference for the 2018 Nobel Laureates at the Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway. Death threats against the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Congolese doctor have alarmed his supporters who are urging in Sept. 2020 the United Nations to reinstate protection by its peacekeepers, but it likely won't return. (Heiko Junge/NTB Scanpix via AP, File)

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2018 file photo, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege speaks to the media during a news conference in Oslo, Norway. Death threats against the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Congolese doctor have alarmed his supporters who are urging in Sept. 2020 the United Nations to reinstate protection by its peacekeepers, but it likely won't return. (Lise Aserud/NTB Scanpix via AP, File)