Crowd Burns Ebola Treatment Center in Congo Amid Dispute Over Body

Family members believe the man died from typhoid fever, not Ebola, and wanted to bury him.
Crowd Burns Ebola Treatment Center in Congo Amid Dispute Over Body
A security guard runs in front of an Ebola treatment center in flames in Rwampara, Congo, on May 21, 2026. Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne/AP Photo
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
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People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on May 21 after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, witnesses and police said.

“The police intervened to try to calm the situation, but unfortunately they were unsuccessful,” Alexis Burata, a local student who said he was in the area, told The Associated Press. “The young people ended up setting fire to the center. That’s the situation.”

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Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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