DR Congo Ebola outbreak tops 400 deaths as virus reaches major city

Red Cross workers lower the coffin of Tibenderana Katho Blaise, who worked at the Centre Medical Evangelique (CME) in Hoho commune and died of Ebola virus, in Bunia town, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, 26 May 2026. © Gradel Muyisa Mumbere, Reuters

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 400 people and continues to spread, with health authorities confirming a first case in the major city of Kisangani, hundreds of kilometres from the epidemic's epicentre in the northeast.

An Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo has killed more than 400 people and is still spreading, with a first case reported in the major city of Kisangani, nearly 600 kilometres from its epicentre.