A riot erupted in Congo over Ebola burial restrictions, leading to hospital tents being burnt. Distrust and fear fuel the latest deadly outbreak.

The outbreak has alarmed experts because it was able to spread for weeks undetected across a densely populated area ravaged by widespread armed violence.

At the hospital in Rwampara, one of the epicentres of a deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a simple plastic strip marked off the isolation centre for…