Archive · 3 Oct 2026
Ebola Death Toll Tops 4,000 as Treatment Centre Burns
A camp for people displaced by conflict near Bunia was affected by Ebola.
A United Nations official said soldiers set the camp on fire while looking for weapons.
The fire destroyed a place where patients with Ebola were being cared for.
About 19,000 people who had been displaced had to leave.
The headline says more than 4,000 people have died from Ebola in Congo.
The report does not give further details about the death toll.
A United Nations official said soldiers burned an Ebola-affected displacement camp near Bunia.
The fire occurred earlier in the week as soldiers searched for weapons.
The blaze destroyed a transit centre for infected patients.
About 19,000 displaced people were forced to flee, according to Julien Harneis.
The headline reports that the Ebola death toll in Congo has surpassed 4,000.
- Who
- Soldiers burned the camp, according to UN official Julien Harneis; about 19,000 displaced people fled.
- What
- A fire destroyed a transit centre for Ebola-infected patients, and the headline says the death toll surpassed 4,000.
- When
- Earlier this week.
- Where
- An Ebola-affected displacement camp near Bunia, Congo.
- Why
- Soldiers were searching for weapons, according to Julien Harneis.
- Reported Ebola death toll
- More than 4,000, according to the headline
- Location
- Displacement camp near Bunia, Congo
- Timing
- Earlier this week
- Destroyed facility
- Transit centre for infected patients
- People forced to flee
- About 19,000 displaced people
- Reason given for soldiers' presence
- Searching for weapons
- UN official
- Julien Harneis, senior Ebola coordinator