NGO warns Ebola epidemic is 'outpacing' response efforts in DRC

A member of the European Union delegation at a treatment centre for the Ebola response set up by Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) International NGO, in Rwampara outside Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on 7 June, 2026. REUTERS - Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

French NGO Doctors Without Borders warned Monday that "dangerous gaps" remain in efforts to rein in an Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 180 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since the first reported cases a month ago, the virus has spread rapidly, with the situation now critical in Ituri province.

Despite a massive scale-up in the response to the deadly outbreak declared in the vast central African country, the medical charity MSF (Doctors without Borders), said the true scale of the crisis remained unclear.