The AFC/M23 rebel alliance controlling parts of eastern Congo has imposed new travel restrictions after two people from a government-held town tested positive for Ebola in a rebel-controlled village. Shared taxis and passenger boats on key routes will be suspended for a month, though trucks and safety-screened buses can continue operating. The measures give M23 another opportunity to present itself as an effective governing authority in territory it seized during its 2025 advance, including Goma and Bukavu. The group has used the Ebola response to demonstrate administrative capacity, earlier declaring areas under its control Ebola-free. But the outbreak adds pressure to a fractured response: confirmed cases in Congo have exceeded 5,000, while fighting continues. The restrictions illustrate how the conflict between Congo’s army and the rebels is complicating an already difficult public health response in North and South Kivu.