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DR Congo Ebola cases rise amid distrust, armed conflict zone

Rwampara Cemetery, in Rwampara, Congo, May 23, 2026.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/7302x4868+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F78%2Fdf%2Fdbd26c0643c0a14c361f315f4830%2Fap26143623186569.jpg) Red Cross workers bury

‘Every health facility said they were full’: alarm over rapid spread of Ebola in DRC

Rwampara that a crowd set on fire on Thursday after authorities refused to hand over

'Ebola has tortured us': Fear grips eastern DR Congo as deadly virus spreads

Rwampara. Rwampara resident Fred Kiza told the BBC that "there is fear", which he calls

Attacks from residents complicate the fight against a rare type of Ebola

Rwampara Cemetery, in Rwampara, Congo, May 23, 2026.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4868x4868+1217+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F78%2Fdf%2Fdbd26c0643c0a14c361f315f4830%2Fap26143623186569.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/24/nx-s1-5833095/drc-ebola-africa) ### [Africa](https://www.npr.org/sections/africa/)

DRC faces deadly Ebola resurgence amid worsening humanitarian crisis

Rwampara, Mongwalu and Bunia. Two cases have also been confirmed in Uganda. With no specific

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Rwampara, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 21, 2026 [Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne/AP] ## How bad is the outbreak

Suspected Ebola cases triple in a week as WHO warns of rapid spread in DRC

Rwampara, Ituri province, were set on fire as medics tried to set up an [Ebola

Ebola fears surge on the ground in Congo over rapid spread of a rare type

Rwampara, Congo, Wednesday, May 20, 2026.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4887x3256+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F40%2F50%2F29437dd2447cb7ae2b417ee2125d%2Fap26140529940548.jpg) Family members of people who died

Number of suspected Ebola cases in DR Congo passes 900 as health workers face attacks and shortages

Rwampara.](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0c42f68b6ec9f74a8748fd4270e5211d48235b11/0_0_6000_4000/master/6000.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Flames and smoke rise from an Ebola treatment center in Rwampara

Attacks on Ebola centres intensify in eastern DRC amid outbreak fears

Rwampara health centre was stormed by a group of angry residents demanding the bodies of relatives

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DR Congo a global health emergency

Rwampara. The global health agency added the virus has spread beyond DR Congo, with two confirmed

Spread of Ebola in DRC ‘outpacing’ response efforts, warns WHO

Rwampara, near Bunia, after authorities refused to give them the body of a victim they

Ebola tensions rise as treatment centre torched in DR Congo’s Ituri

Rwampara, in Ituri province, where health workers have been struggling to contain the disease in an area

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Rwampara Cemetery, in Bunia, Congo, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ap_6a12a70f3d89c-1779607311.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80)

A new Ebola outbreak has already killed 87 people

Rwampara, where many people come and go for work. "We are talking about a region

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Rwampara general hospital before handling the body of a person who died of Ebola. Photograph

WHO raises Ebola public health risk to ‘very high’ in DR Congo

Rwampara town torched an Ebola treatment centre and clashed with police ⁠while trying to recover

DRC health minister warns ‘very high’ Ebola lethality rate as toll hits 80

Rwampara and Mongwalu, where the outbreak is concentrated. Only 13 blood samples have been tested

WHO chief says suspected Ebola deaths at 220 as epidemic ‘outpacing us’

Rwampara was also burned down after family members were banned from retrieving the body of a local

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Rwampara, as well as Bunia. There has also been a case in eastern DR Congo