Kisangani
Capital of DR Congo's Tshopo province, on the Congo river.
Kisangani was the departure port for the river-boat passenger WHO carried Ebola about 1,000 km to Sud-Ubangi, where the outbreak was declared on 10 September 2026, while WHO reports renewed transmission in Kisangani's own province, Tshopo.
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Sent the infected passenger downriver
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Ebola reaches Sud-Ubangi by river boatBackground
Kisangani is the capital of Tshopo province in DR Congo, on the Congo river. With few paved roads in DR Congo, Kisangani's boats carry people and cargo to ports hundreds of kilometres away.
Tshopo recorded its first confirmed Bundibugyo Ebola cases in late July 2026. By September WHO was reporting renewed transmission in the province, and Al Jazeera reported a complete shortage of experimental vaccine there. That month a passenger leaving Kisangani by boat took the virus to Sud-Ubangi, putting the outbreak on the borders of the Central African Republic and the Republic of Congo.
The route makes Kisangani a junction for the epidemic. Cases that reach the city can travel by water to provinces FAR from the outbreak's origin in Ituri.
How did Ebola travel from Kisangani to Sud-Ubangi?
What is the Ebola vaccine situation in Tshopo?
