People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in Congo

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Protesters set Ebola treatment center on fire in DRC, demanding return of body
Protesters caused a blaze at a health facility treating Ebola patients in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday, burning down two hospital tents, a local politician told CNN.

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Ebola treatment center burns in eastern Congo city of Rwampara
Angry crowd sets Ebola hospital tents on fire in DR Congo
Ebola case confirmed in rebel-held Congo area far from outbreak's epicentre
Suspected cases of Ebola have been reported in a ‌rebel-held part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, hundreds of kilometres from the outbreak's epicentre, local officials s...

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Ebola cases in eastern Congo’s Rwampara continue to arrive as treatment center is burned
Appeals in Congo for supplies as groups warn Ebola outbreak ‘gaining momentum’
Ebola fears surge on the ground in Congo over rapid spread of a rare type
The region has long been threatened by armed groups that control a major city where Ebola cases have now been confirmed, complicating health workers’ catch-up efforts to trace the outbreak.

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How bushmeat, burial rites and disinformation make the DRC an Ebola hotspot

Recurring Ebola outbreaks in Democratic Republic of Congo are linked to rural communities’ customs and reliance on bushmeat as a source of prote

Ebola outbreak spreading as crowd sets fire to treatment centre in DRC

Fears are growing that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is gathering momentum, as a treatment centre is set alight by an angry crowd.

Passenger boards flight from Congo to US 'in error' amid Ebola outbreak arrival restrictions

The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday announced new arrival restrictions for people who were recently in Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan.

U.S. doctor with Ebola feared he "wasn't going to make it" before evacuation from Congo

An American doctor who was infected with Ebola while working with a medical missionary organization in Africa said in a statement that he is feeling "cautiously optimistic" as he fights the deadly virus.