Democratic Republic of the Congo

Brief · 15 September 2026

The Democratic Republic of the Congo saw multiple new Ebola outbreak bulletins issued this week, alongside an ongoing regional drought and continued forest fire activity. Several separate Ebola disease events, including cases attributed to the Bundibugyo virus strain and affecting both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, were newly reported by WHO. A drought affecting the country along with Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda remains classified at orange severity.

Outbreak WHO has issued bulletins on Ebola virus disease active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 27 July 2026. Since 14 September 2026, WHO has also issued multiple bulletins on Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus, affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo alone and jointly with Uganda.

Drought A drought affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda is ongoing at orange severity, covering an area of 196,893 square kilometres according to GDO via GDACS, first tracked on 29 July 2026.

Wildfire A wildfire in the Democratic Republic of Congo was newly detected with a total fire radiative power of 2,369 megawatts.

• An Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, first reported on 27 July 2026, is still active.
• Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus, first reported on 14 September 2026 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and jointly with Uganda, is newly active with multiple WHO bulletins issued.
• A regional drought affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighbouring countries, first tracked on 29 July 2026, remains active.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 15 Sept, 10:03 UTC from Hazardly's own event records for the seven days to 15 September 2026. Not reviewed by a person before publication. Outbreak lines name the disease and country only; WHO's bulletin text is on each outbreak's event page.