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EU says Ebola outbreak makes ceasefire in DRC more necessary than ever

Congolese health workers stand at the Bunia Evangelical Medical Center during a visit by European Commissioner for Equality, and Preparedness and Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib, to assess the response to the Ebola outbreak, 7 June 2026.
Congolese health workers stand at the Bunia Evangelical Medical Center during a visit by European Commissioner for Equality, and Preparedness and Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib, to assess the response to the Ebola outbreak, 7 June 2026. © Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/Reuters

The European Union’s crisis management commissioner has called for a ceasefire between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, saying the need for peace has become even more urgent with the spread of the Ebola outbreak.

"A ceasefire was already a political necessity. Now t has become a health emergency," Hadja Lahbib, EU commissioner for crisis management, told journalists on a visit Sunday to DRC’s eastern Ituri province, the epicentre of the current Ebola outbreak.

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