DR Congo: DRC, Ebola BVD Outbreak Emergency Response – Concept of Operations (ConOPs) – Last updated: 01/06/2026

Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Sources: Emergency Telecommunications Cluster, Logistics Cluster, World Food Programme This Concept of Operations is a live document. Activities will be adapted and revised as the situation unfolds and as further communications needs are expressed by the response community. Background • Since the May 2026 Ebola declaration, humanitarian operations are expanding rapidly across Ituri (Bunia, Rwampara, Mongbwalu), which are expected to drive immediate demand for reliable, shared connectivity to sustain coordination and operations. • Due to the mix of urban, peri-urban, and rural areas under response, patchy and unreliable connectivity risks delaying case reporting, lab results, and contact tracing—directly undermining early detection and slowing the response. • To enable critical humanitarian movement and response in affected areas, the humanitarian community requires reliable and timely communication, coordination, and data reporting. • Emergency telecommunications has now merged with the Logistics Cluster and is known as the Logistics and Telecommunications Cluster (LTC), which is aligning its response as a backbone enabling service for the broader humanitarian community. In particular, telecommunications support planning is under way to extend reliable connectivity beyond urban centres, ensuring uninterrupted communications for responders operating across dispersed and underserved outbreak-affected areas.

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