The Ebola Bundibugyo virus has spread into displacement camps in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN refugee agency UNHCR reported on August 6, infecting 19 internally displaced people and killing five; UN News described agencies as on high alert as the outbreak, which has no approved vaccine or treatment, reaches populations already displaced by conflict

The Bundibugyo strain Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo passed 1,500 deaths and 3,500 confirmed cases by July 31, making it the second-largest Ebola outbreak in recorded history after the 2014-16 West Africa epidemic; contact tracing is now missing four in five new cases, according to TechTimes, meaning the surveillance system has effectively lost sight of the chain of transmission

The World Health Organization called on August 4 for increased international support to tackle the Bundibugyo strain Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has become the largest ever recorded in the country since being declared less than three months ago; UN agencies reported they were scaling up treatment centres, surveillance and field deployment, while no approved vaccine or treatment exists for the Bundibugyo strain

The United Nations announced on August 3 that new UN-backed centres had opened in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to serve the [[ebola-bundibugyo-drc-pheic-2026|Bundibugyo strain Ebola outbreak]], as confirmed cases continued rising sharply; health authorities note there is no approved treatment or vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain, leaving the response dependent entirely on isolation, contact tracing and supportive care

Uganda's Ministry of Health announced on July 28 that the country's 2026 Ebola outbreak has been contained, with Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi confirming Uganda is Ebola-free and no further community transmission has occurred.

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reached 3,200 confirmed cases and 1,405 deaths as of July 27, with the WHO reporting that cases rose by roughly 1,000 in just 10 days; the outbreak, concentrated in Ituri province, has now spread across five provinces, and experts warn it may continue for months

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi announced on July 22 the imminent launch of a national dialogue, prompting the country's main opposition coalition to postpone a planned protest; the move was cautiously welcomed as a possible opening in DRC's deepening political stand-off

The Ebola death toll in the Democratic Republic of Congo passed 1,000 on July 22, with African health authorities confirming 1,031 deaths from the Bundibugyo variant; the WHO says the true scale may be two to four times larger than official figures; the outbreak was declared on May 15 and is the first caused by Bundibugyo, which has no approved vaccines or treatments; two US citizens were evacuated to Germany

Al Jazeera reported on July 20 that the Ebola death toll in the Democratic Republic of Congo has surged to at least 930, with 37 new deaths recorded over a single weekend; the Bundibugyo virus strain has now spread faster than any previous Ebola outbreak in the DRC

A Yale-led team has formally described Colobus congoensis, a striking black primate with orange lips and loud, roar-like vocalisations, photographed first in 2008 in what became Lomami National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo; the species may already be endangered

The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo surpassed 2,000 confirmed cases by July 15, with the World Health Organization warning on July 14 that a majority of new infections now come from unknown chains of transmission, signalling a loss of contact-tracing control.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on July 9 called on the Democratic Republic of Congo's armed forces, the M23 rebel movement and all other armed groups in eastern Congo to immediately stop using explosive weapons in populated areas, citing mounting civilian casualties in North and South Kivu

The WHO-sponsored PARTNERS trial enrolled its first patient in Bunia on July 2, testing remdesivir and MBP-134 as the outbreak spreads to Uganda and France and ranks as the second-largest Ebola epidemic on record

African health authorities declared Thursday that the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now killed more than 600 people and is spreading faster than any previous outbreak on record; the WHO puts the case fatality rate at 34%, and health officials say the virus is outpacing the response

Interior Minister Jacquemain Shabani extended a public-gathering ban to Kinshasa and three other provinces on June 27 as Ebola confirmed cases reached 1,274 with 360 deaths; none of the four targeted provinces has recorded a single case, and opposition coalitions say the measure is designed to derail a July 8 protest against constitutional reform

The jump from a $518 million plan to nearly three times that reflects the fastest case-growth rate in Ebola history; Uganda has confirmed 20 cases and France its first on the continent's edge

A 1,344km railway linking Angola's port of Lobito to copper and cobalt zones in the DRC and Zambia, the West's flagship infrastructure counter to China in Africa.

More than 1,500 people have died from the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in eastern DRC, per government figures released July 30; the country struggles to halt spread with no approved vaccine for this variant; the outbreak began May 2026, was declared a WHO PHEIC, and a French doctor became the first European case in June after returning from Ituri

Nine EPC contractors visit the Angola-DRC-Zambia route; preferred bidders due by August, but Zambian-leg financing slips to late 2027