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Rebels fire rockets at UN peacekeepers in DR Congo

The United Nations says its peacekeepers in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo have come under rocket fire from rebels. There are no...

Patrice Lumumba: DR Congo buries tooth of independence hero

The gold-crowned tooth of Democratic Republic of Congo independence hero Patrice Lumumba has been buried more than 60 years after he was assassinated. It is...

Xenophobic attacks across DR Congo denounced

Congolese Nobel Peace Prize winner Dénis Mukwege and Interior Minister Daniel Aselo have called for an end to reported attacks targeting ethnic Tutsis living...

DR Congo to free Rwandan soldiers amid tensions

Angolan President João Lourenço says the Democratic Republic of Congo has agreed to release two Rwandan soldiers it detained last week, amid rising border...

Top DR Congo police officer found guilty of killing activist

A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced to death a high-ranking police officer for his role in the murder of...

DR Congo in danger of ‘fifth wave’ of COVID-19 – Minister warns

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are warning the public not to drop their guard against Covid-19, as the country enters a period...

China cancels $28m of DR Congo debt to help virus fight

China has cancelled a part of the debt owed by DR Congo to help the sub-Saharan giant fight the coronavirus epidemic, the Congolese presidency...

DR Congo parliament votes to oust pro-Kabila speaker

Legislators in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday voted to remove the National Assembly speaker, as the political rift between President Felix Tshisekedi...

Attacks force MSF out of DR Congo region

Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has pulled out from a restive territory in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. In a statement released on Tuesday,...

Congolese ex-warlord ‘Sheka’ sentenced to life in prison

A former militia leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo was sentenced Monday to life in prison for war crimes and mass rape, a...

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