An Ebola treatment center in eastern DR Congo was set on fire by residents after they were denied access to retrieve a deceased man's body. The incident reflects growing fear and anger surrounding the ongoing health crisis.

People set fire to an Ebola treatment centre in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern DR Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witness and a senior police officer said, as fear and anger grow over a health crisis that doctors are struggling to contain. The arson attack in Rwampara reflects the challenges of health workers trying to curb a rare Ebola virus by using stringent measures that might clash with local customs, such as burial rites. The...