Arson attacks on Ebola treatment centers in eastern Congo show how authorities are faced with a number of serious complications — including a backlash in local communities — as they

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

People set fire to an Ebola treatment centre at the heart of the outbreak after being prevented from retrieving the body of a local man, as fear and anger grow over a health…

Angry residents torch a medical facility in a town hit hard by the outbreak as mistrust deepens over burials.

El ataque incendiario refleja los desafíos que enfrentan los trabajadores de salud para frenar el raro virus del ébola

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…

Protesters, demanding the return of a body, have torched an ebola virus treatment centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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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…

Un grupo de personas incendió un centro de tratamiento de ébola en el Congo tras protestar por los protocolos de entierro.

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…

Protesters burned Ebola treatment tents after authorities in Congo refused to release the body of a suspected victim for a traditional burial, a popular...

People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo as fear and anger grow over a health crisis that doctors are struggling to…

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...

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.

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.

Family members believe the man died from typhoid fever, not Ebola, and wanted to bury him...