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Mariam Kabika (L) and her husband Dauda Tshimanga (R) prepare mixtures of medicinal plants and roots that they believe can cure Ebola in Bunia, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on June 2, 2026. [AFP]
In her garden, traditional healer Mariam Kabika looked for ingredients for a concoction to treat Ebola, a deadly virus spreading in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
"I'm looking for eucalyptus leaves, avocado leaves, mango leaves and papaya leaves," said Kabika, a healer in the city of Bunia, the capital of Ituri province, at the centre of the latest Ebola outbreak.
Ituri lies in the east of the vast country, a mineral-rich but poor region ravaged by decades of conflict where state services are largely absent.
