Anger and mistrust growing over Ebola burials as traditions clash with medical response to prevent spread.

BUNIA, Congo — People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped...

The centre was burned by local youths who became angry while trying to retrieve the body of a friend

The World Health Organization warned Friday that violence is impeding efforts to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after protesters…

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People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a…

The arson attack in Rwampara reflects the challenges of health workers trying to curb a rare Ebola virus by using stringent measures that might clash with local customs, such as…

BUNIA, Congo - People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a…

BUNIA: People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local…

BUNIA (AP):People set fire to an Ebola treatment centre in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo yesterday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local…

BUNIA —An angry crowd set alight a section of a hospital at the heart of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after family and friends of a young...

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

The World Health Organization said Friday that Ebola now poses a “very high” risk, as a lack of medical resources and anger among the population hamper the response.

Les services de l’État congolais sont largement absents depuis des décennies dans les zones rurales de l’Ituri.

Tensions flared when the relatives of a young man who died of the deadly disease tried to take his body "by force" from a hospital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Weak clinics, mistrust and insecurity strain Ebola response in eastern DR Congo-

RWAMPARA: Rioters burnt down hospital tents in a hotspot of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola epidemic on...

New strain of virus, aid cuts and cultural norms around burials and touch add to difficulties in stemming outbreak

Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo updated the death toll from the Ebola outbreak to 204 late Saturday, hours after the Red Cross said three volunteers had died there,…

Anger and mistrust growing over Ebola burials as traditions clash with medical response to prevent spread.

Africa races to contain a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak threatening 10 countries as infections spill from eastern Congo into Uganda.