Published on
22/05/2026 - 10:19 GMT+2
An angry crowd set fire to part of an Ebola hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after relatives of a young man thought to have died from the disease were not allowed to take his body away for burial.
Medical staff at Rwampara hospital refused on the grounds that the body was highly contagious and would have to be buried under a special protocol.
The relatives attempted to torch Ebola tents and threw stones at staff members in protest, with police called to the scene. An employee of an aid organisation was injured during the incident.
