DR Congo
-
World News
At least six Virunga national park rangers killed in the attack
At least six rangers in DR Congo‘s Virunga national park, famous for its mountain gorillas, were killed Sunday in an…
Read More » -
World News
18 killed in new militia attack in eastern DR Congo
It’s understood that 18 people have been hacked to death in eastern DR Congo’s troubled region of Beni. Eighteen people…
Read More » -
World News
DR Congo army hands over hundreds of Hutus to Rwanda
Hundreds of Rwandans linked to a militia in eastern DR Congo have been handed to the Rwandan authorities weeks after…
Read More » -
World News
UN launches probe after peacekeepers suspected in DRC protest death
The UN peacekeeping mission in DR Congo said it was launching a probe after gathering evidence that its troops may…
Read More » -
World News
Many dead as plane crashes into homes in DR Congo
At least 27 people have died after a passenger plane crashed into houses in the city of Goma in the…
Read More » -
World News
DR Congo troops shoot dead Rwandan warlord
The FDLR was created by Rwandan Hutu refugees in eastern DRC after the genocide of Tutsis by majority Hutus in…
Read More » -
World News
DR Congo’s former health minister arrested for embezzling Ebola funds
He is in custody due to ‘misdemeanours of the mismanagement of funds allocated to the Ebola response’. Former DR Congo…
Read More » -
World News
Seven in DRC Ebola scare placed under surveillance: WHO
Seven relatives of a gold miner who died of Ebola in eastern DR Congo have been placed under surveillance as…
Read More » -
World News
Rwanda shuts the border with DR Congo to stop spread of virus
The announcement came just hours after a third case of Ebola was recorded in Goma. Rwanda has shut its frontier…
Read More » -
World News
Ebola cases in DR Congo break 2,000 mark
DR Congo’s health ministry said it had recorded more than 2,000 cases of Ebola, two-thirds of which had been fatal,…
Read More » -
World News
UN official blasts violence against Ebola teams in DRC
The UN special representative to DR Congo has blasted rumours that the world body was trying to cash in on…
Read More » -
World News
Gorillas pose for selfie with DR Congo anti-poaching unit goes viral
Two gorillas have been photographed posing for a relaxed selfie with the rangers who rescued them as babies. The image…
Read More » -
World News
DR Congo scraps sentence against exiled Katumbi
A court in DR Congo has scrapped a three-year jail term against opposition leader Moise Katumbi, enabling him to return…
Read More » -
World News
Ebola death toll jumps to 700 in DR Congo
Some 100 people have died in the Ebola epidemic in DR Congo over the past three weeks, taking the overall…
Read More » -
World News
DR Congo court confirms Tshisekedi winner of the disputed presidential election
DR Congo court confirms Tshisekedi winner of the disputed presidential election. Announcing the final results of the much-delayed poll, the…
Read More » -
World News
Results postponement puts DR Congo on edge
The preliminary results put DR Congo on edge on Saturday as officials delayed the announcement from a crucial presidential election amid growing…
Read More » -
World News
DR Congo further delays Dec 30 poll in two conflict zones
DR Congo on Wednesday announced that key elections due to take place nationwide on December 30 would be postponed to…
Read More » -
World News
DRC election panel postpones vote to December 30
Long-delayed elections due to be held in DR Congo on Sunday will be postponed by a week after voting machines…
Read More » -
South Africa News
President Cyril Ramaphosa to visit Zambia, DR Congo
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will visit the Republic of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday…
Read More » -
World News
DR Congo’s Kabila will not stand for re-election in December
Congo’s President Joseph Kabila will not stand in the election scheduled for December, a spokesman said, finally agreeing to obey…
Read More »