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DR Congo announces end of latest Ebola epidemic

The Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday declared the end of the country's latest Ebola epidemic after the outbreak killed 55 people over the...

Uganda, DR Congo decide to make roads, not war

If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, that to lasting peace with neighbours is layered with bitumen and straddled by high-voltage...

Armed attackers free more than 1,300 prisoners in DR Congo

Suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels freed more than 1,300 prisoners in an assault on a jail in Beni, eastern Democratic Republic Congo. Only about...

DR Congo militia rape students on eve of exams

Armed militia attacked a school and raped female students on the eve of their examinations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The men attacked an...

UN: DR Congo should investigate death threats against Nobel winner

The UN's rights chief has asked the Democratic Republic of Congo to investigate death threats against Nobel Peace laureate Denis Mukwege. Dr Mukwege said that...

DR Congo declares end to world’s biggest measles outbreak

The authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo say the world's largest measles outbreak that killed more than 7,000 children has now ended. Efforts to...

DR Congo’s Kabila prowls the political sidelines

Officially, he stepped down in January 2019, retiring after 18 years at the helm of the biggest country in sub-Saharan Africa. But nearly 18 months...

DRCs Tshisekedi lifts state of emergency as coronavirus death rate falls

President Félix Tshisekedi has lifted the state of emergency in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a phased reopening of the country following a...

DR Congo authorities ‘anticipate surge in child labour’

The authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo's south-eastern main mining area, Lualaba, are increasing monitoring in the fear that there will be a surge...

US and China ‘supplying undeclared weapons’ to DR Congo

A United Nations report obtained by the French news agency outlines undeclared military aid to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The confidential report supplied to...

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