Ebola deals new blow to displaced families in DR Congo camp

DRC

A woman and a child are pictured at a displaced persons camp near Bunia, Ituri Province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 4, 2026.

Photo credit: Pool

Ebola-related warnings are impossible to miss at the Kigonze camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Bunia in Ituri Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

A white sign bearing the words "STOP EBOLA" greets visitors to the camp. Plastic handwashing stations are dotted along the narrow paths between the shelters. Health workers move briskly among the newly built treatment facilities, while children carry yellow jerrycans of water and women prepare meals outside the modest homes that have been built for families who have fled one crisis only to find themselves caught in another.