Bottom Line

Two Ebola patients remain outside treatment in Kisangani, while an infected MSF staff member has been evacuated from Beni to the Netherlands. An ADF attack on the Okapi Wildlife Reserve killed an ecoguard. The DRC has canceled $100 million from a World Bank water-and-electricity credit after delays and insecurity narrowed the investments considered achievable by 2029. Construction is advancing on a $480 million industrial port near Kalemie, and the government has announced $120 million for collective reparations across the former Orientale region.

Health

Ebola patients remain outside treatment as an MSF staff member is evacuated

Two patients with confirmed Ebola remained at home in Kisangani after leaving a treatment center. Both cases are in Mangobo Health Zone, where authorities recorded six confirmed infections and three deaths. Health teams were monitoring 83.7 percent of identified contacts, below their 95-percent target.

Separately, an MSF staff member infected while working on the response in Beni was medically evacuated to the Netherlands. Rumors and community resistance continue to impede response work in parts of North Kivu and Ituri.

Health unions issue a seven-day strike notice

The national health-sector inter-union organization submitted a seven-day strike notice, threatening to halt public health services if the government does not address its demands.

The unions are seeking the formal appointment and promotion of health workers, placement of unpaid personnel on the state payroll, adjustments to salary scales, expanded eligibility for occupational-risk allowances and payment of allowance arrears.

Cancer-screening campaign targets 912,000 women

The Health Ministry launched a free breast- and cervical-cancer screening campaign targeting 912,000 women during October. The campaign is supported by the World Bank.

Security and Human Rights

ADF attack kills an ecoguard in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve

The Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation said ADF fighters attacked the reserve’s northeastern substation at Nduye during the night of September 29–30, killing ecoguard Jean Tandu Koliwa.

Nduye lies about 60 kilometers from Mambasa in Ituri. Residents fled Nduye and neighboring communities following the attack, which came amid renewed ADF activity inside and around the protected reserve.

Soldier accused of killing civilians is lynched at Biakato

A FARDC soldier allegedly opened fire on civilians at Biakato in Mambasa territory before residents lynched him. Local accounts agree that civilians were killed but place the death toll between two and three. One other person was reported injured.

Rights group alleges about 30 miners killed and 150 missing at Rubaya

The Congolese organization CFDD-RDC alleges that about 30 artisanal miners were killed and approximately 150 people disappeared in the Rubaya mining area during the period covered by its monitoring through June.

Related reporting also alleges sexual violence and attributes the abuses to AFC/M23 and Rwandan forces. The figures and attribution have not been independently corroborated.

Humanitarian Affairs and Public Safety

More than 500 homes destroyed or damaged in Salamabila

Heavy rain and strong winds destroyed or damaged more than 500 homes in Salamabila, in Kabambare territory, Maniema. Many families were left without shelter.

Economy and Infrastructure

DRC cancels $100 million from World Bank water-and-electricity credit

At the DRC’s request, the World Bank canceled $100 million from the credit component of the Access Governance and Reform for the Electricity and Water Sectors program. The decision reduced the credit from $300 million to $200 million, while a separate $300 million grant remains unchanged.

The restructuring removes or suspends investments that the government and bank determined could not be completed before the program closes in September 2029. These include the proposed rehabilitation of the Mobayi hydroelectric plant, mini-grid investments in Mbuji-Mayi and Kananga and water or electricity activities affected by insecurity in Goma, Bukavu, Beni and Butembo. The retained portfolio includes an 11-megawatt solar project at Kabinda and network investments at Gbadolite.

Construction advances on $480 million Mtoa industrial port

Construction is progressing on a two-phase industrial port at Mtoa, about 30 kilometers from Kalemie. The project is designed to handle two million tonnes of cargo annually and has a stated total cost of $480 million, including $70 million for its first phase.

Work includes two berths, a customs warehouse, storage areas and cargo-handling facilities. A vessel carrying 2,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate left Mtoa for Kigoma in July, marking the first export shipment from the site. The port is intended to connect Tanganyika more closely with trade routes through Tanzania, Burundi and Zambia.

South Korea commits $8.9 million for health surveillance in Tanganyika

The Korea International Cooperation Agency and the Health Ministry signed an $8.9 million financing agreement for a health-threat surveillance project in Tanganyika. The program is scheduled to run through October 2032.

Governance and Public Services

Government announces $120 million for collective reparations

The government announced an initial $120 million allocation for collective reparations linked to Uganda’s unlawful activities in the DRC.

Ituri, Tshopo, Haut-Uélé and Bas-Uélé are each due to receive $30 million. Proposed projects include health and education facilities, drinking-water infrastructure, economic-recovery programs and initiatives focused on memory and social cohesion.

Government adopts public-procurement reform bill

The government approved draft legislation to reform public procurement. The bill would modernize procurement procedures and strengthen transparency, accountability and oversight. It must proceed through Parliament before becoming law.

Education ministry reports payroll and bonus changes

The Education Ministry said 5,000 additional teachers had been placed on the public payroll since 2025.

It separately reported regularizing payments for 23,675 teachers who had received less than CDF 80,000 in free-education bonuses.

Environment and Conservation

Watsa truck spill prompts demand for an independent inquiry

A Kibali Gold Mines truck overturned in a river on the Durba–Faradje road in Haut-Uélé. Civil society called for an independent investigation and alleged that the vehicle had been carrying acid. The company disputed that account of the cargo.

Greenpeace alleges pollution pressures around Muanda’s mangrove park

A Greenpeace Africa investigation based on consultations with more than 100 stakeholders in nine communities alleges oil leaks, pollution, gas flaring and wastewater pressures around the Mangrove Marine Park.

Community members linked environmental degradation to falling fish catches and pressure on local livelihoods. The investigation raised concerns about activities associated with Perenco, SOCIR fuel-storage facilities, informal fuel transport and construction of the Banana deepwater port.