1st Ebola Deaths Reported in Congo Displacement Camp

Aid agencies warn crowded camps and weakened health systems could accelerate the spread of the virus.

Workers prepare the body of a child believed to have died from Ebola, in Bunia, Congo, on June 9, 2026. Jospin Mwisha/AFP via Getty Images

A United Nations refugee agency has said that the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has spread into a crowded displacement camp for the first time.

The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a June 9 report that two Ebola-related deaths have been reported at Kpangba camp in Ituri province, a site that hosts about 30,000 internally displaced people.