Ebola transit centre burns down in a displacement camp in eastern DR Congo
29 September 2026
A key transit centre for Ebola patients burned down in Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday evening, the UN reports.
It stood in the Kigonze camp, which had sheltered some 19,000 people fleeing violence and now lies abandoned.
Thousands fled Kigonze after reports that soldiers entered the site searching for weapons.
More than 3,000 people also fled the Rhoe displacement camp in Djugu territory after clashes intensified on 27 September.
Fighting in Masisi in North Kivu has displaced more than 24,000 people since mid-September.
A UN response official said losing a centre means losing capacity and investment, and that patients do not get the care they need.
In plain words
Ebola Ebola virus disease — A severe, often fatal viral disease spread by contact with body fluids.
OCHA UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs — The UN body that coordinates emergency humanitarian response.