World 17 Jun 2026

'I buried my parents one day after the other' - Ebola mourners learn how to grieve safely

A cemetery at the epicentre of the outbreak is rapidly filling up, however large traditional funerals have been scrapped.

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Nyamurongo cemetery in Bunia, a city in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. That is the epicentre of the current Ebola outbreak, is much busier than usual. "Today is the sixth time I have come to the cemetery," says. Joel Lonza Makumbu as he explains how the virus has devastated his family and community. Today I have come to say goodbye to my mother." As he. Fills the grave with soil, he says he has also lost three sisters and. A brother-in-law to Ebola. "I want to say for all people [to hear] that Ebola is.

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