AFREEQUE
Top stories
🇨🇩 DR CongoPolitics

Ebola centre attacked in Bafwasende, DR Congo

By , based on Kis24info

Ebola centre attacked in Bafwasende, DR Congo

Unidentified individuals attacked the Ebola treatment centre built by International Medical Corps in Bafwasende, Tshopo, DR Congo, at around 4am. They attempted to set fire to some facilities and threw stones, according to a treating doctor quoted by Kis24info.

Unidentified individuals attacked, at around 4am on Saturday 31 October, the Ebola treatment centre built by IMC in Bafwasende, Tshopo province, a treating doctor quoted by Kis24info warned. The attackers attempted to set fire to some facilities and threw stones, according to the doctor.

The attack came five days after the death of an Ebola response nurse in Bafwasende on 26 October, amid threats targeting health teams. It also occurred one day after an attack by the CRP on the army in Ituri, reported on 30 October.

Share this article

Related stories

Last Ebola patient leaves Ituri centre

The Ituri treatment centre is caring for no confirmed Ebola patients after the last patients recovered in Mongbwalu. Health workers and residents celebrated the milestone, the first since May, according to France 24 Afrique and Africanews. The epidemic’s death toll is nevertheless approaching 4,900, after more than 10,000 infections in Africa, according to Africanews.

🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: France 24 ·

Doctor dies of Ebola while treating patients in Beni

Doctor Marie-France Shogogo has died from Ebola virus disease after contracting the infection while treating patients in Beni, in eastern DR Congo. Africa CDC Director General Jean Kaseya announced her death, according to Daily Post Nigeria.

🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Daily Post ·

CRP attack on army leaves four dead in Ituri

An attack by the Convention for the Popular Revolution on a position of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Bule-centre, in Djugu territory, Ituri, has left four people dead: one soldier and three fighters. Seven militiamen were seriously wounded and the army recovered weapons, ammunition and radios after the clashes on 29 October 2026, according to security sources cited by Kivu Morning Post.

🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Kivu Morning Post ·

MONUSCO repatriates 42 people from DRC to Rwanda

MONUSCO facilitated the voluntary repatriation of 42 people from eastern DRC to Rwanda, including 10 FDLR members, eight members of associated armed groups and 24 dependants. The operation is part of the disarmament and reintegration programme, according to the UN mission.

🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Actualité.cd ·

🇨🇩 Latest from DR Congo

Map: DR CongoICG condemns FRN’s use of political violence in DR CongoThe International Contact Group for the Great Lakes region has called on Congolese political actors to respect the constitutional order and condemned the use of violence to seize or exercise power. Its 30 October statement refers in particular to the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation, led by Joseph Kabila, according to Actualite.cd.All DR Congo news →

Politics in Central Africa

Map: Central African RepublicTouadéra and Putin discuss expanding Central African-Russian cooperationCentral African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on 30 October. The two leaders discussed expanding cooperation in the economy, education, natural resources, humanitarian action and digital affairs, reports Centra News.All Politics news →

The week in Africa

This week’s highlights

  1. Ebola: more than 10,200 cases and 5,000 deaths in Africa, Africa CDC says🇨🇩 DR Congo
  2. Moody’s cuts Senegal’s credit rating to Ca🇸🇳 Senegal
  3. CAF restores Africa Cup of Nations to a two-year cycle🌍 World
  4. Binance tries to recover $6.3 billion stolen in hack🇰🇵 North Korea
  5. Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak passes 10,193 cases and 4,960 deaths🇺🇬 Uganda
All of this week’s highlights →

Africa in your inbox

Be the first to get our letter in English: the essentials from every region of the continent, free.

← Back to the news