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DRC Ebola hospital set on fire as protesters demand access to bodies of dead relatives

21 May 2026, 16:19 GMT By editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)
DRC Ebola hospital set on fire as protesters demand access to bodies of dead relatives
Credit: editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)

Violence has erupted in eastern DR Congo after tensions linked to the handling of victims of the latest Ebola outbreak. Protesters in Rwampara wanted to recover the bodies of their dead relatives in order to bury them. When they were denied, they set the hospital on fire.