Arson attacks on Ebola treatment centres in the Democratic Republic of Congo underscore the serious challenges authorities face — including a backlash in local communities — as they try to stem an outbreak of the infectious disease that has been declared a global health emergency. On Sunday, Congolese authorities said suspected cases have now passed 900 in the east of the country, mainly in Ituri province, where the ongoing outbreak is centred.

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…

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…

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.

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

Angry residents of a town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center where…

Experts say several crises combine to make the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo difficult to contain.

Experts say several crises combine to make the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo difficult to contain

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…

Eastern Congo has seen violence by dozens of separate rebel groups for years, some of them with links to foreign countries or Islamic State.

Officials say a ‘devastating set of emergencies’ are converging

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

World Health Organization says outbreak poses ‘very high’ risk for Congo, but risk of disease spreading globally remains low

As the number of suspected Ebola cases in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo pass 900, health workers say that the chaos left by years of fighting and local government…

Arson attacks on Ebola treatment centers in eastern Congo highlight the severe challenges facing authorities, including growing local anger, as they...