Survivor recalls horror after Congo mine collapse
Kinyenye Furaha passed out from shock when he realised a mine collapse in eastern Congo had buried more than 50 fellow miners including his brother,...
At least 50 killed in collapsed gold mine in east Congo -NGO
At least 50 people are thought to have died when an artisanal gold mine collapsed near Kamituga in the east of the Democratic Republic of...
U.N. says life of Congo’s Nobel Laureate doctor in danger
The life of a top Congolese doctor who won the Nobel Peace prize for his work treating war rape victims is in danger after a...
Elephant poacher who killed more than 500 of the animals is sentenced to 30 years’ hard labour in Congo Republic
An elephant poacher who killed more than 500 of the animals has been sentenced to 30 years of hard labour in the Congo Republic. ...
DRCongo vows to protect Nobel laureate Mukwege after death threats
Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for his work against sexual violence in war Alain WANDIMOYI AFP The government vowed...
Suspected Islamist militants kill 13 in eastern Congo villages
Suspected Islamist militants killed 13 people during raids on two villages in eastern Congo, the army and a village chief said, the latest in a...
DR Congo struggles to wipe out armed groups
The Congolese armed forces are poorly equipped and underpaid, with the lowest-ranking soldiers earning just $87 per month Alexis Huguet AFP/File DR Congo's army launched...
DR Congo’s Kabila prowls the political sidelines
Joseph Kabila has retired to his farm at Kingakati, 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the capital John WESSELS AFP/File Officially, he stepped down in January...
Congo replaces sanctioned army chief with deputy also sanctioned for rights abuses
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has appointed a new head of the army to replace General John Numbi, state television said on Friday....
DR Congo bloggers launch campaign to teach positive masculinity
A collective of bloggers and web activists in DR Congo has launched a campaign to fight deeply rooted sexist attitudes in the country and to...
Congo gives mines month to end COVID restrictions
The Democratic Republic of Congo has given copper and cobalt mining companies a month to stop confining workers on site away from their families as...
COVID-19 kills Congo DR Anglican Bishop Désiré Mukanirwa
Bishop Désiré Mukanirwa felled by COVID-19 COVID-19 has killed Anglican Bishop Désiré Mukanirwa of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, less than two...
Congo justice minister resigns after judicial reform dispute
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Justice Minister Celestin Tunda tendered his resignation on Saturday in the wake of a dispute with the president over proposed...
At least three killed in protests over Congo election chief
At least three people were killed during protests in Congo’s capital and elsewhere on Thursday, a U.N. rights body said, after the nomination of an...
U.N. says attacks by Islamist militia in Congo may be war crimes
Systematic and brutal attacks by Islamist militants in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the last 18 months may amount to war crimes, the United...
Congo dispatches former warlords to try to resolve ethnic conflict
FILE PHOTO: Germain Katanga, a Congolese national, sits in the courtroom of the ICC during the closing statements in the trial against Katanga and Ngudjolo...
Congo and the chocolate factory: New producer hits the sweet spot
Aisha Kalinda melts the chunks of cocoa in a pan and spoons the brown gloop into a mould which will become the latest bar produced...
Belgian king apologises to DR Congo for colonial-era cruelty
Belgian King Philippe has expressed his "deepest regrets" to the Democratic Republic of Congo for the acts of cruelty committed during the years that his...
Congo president vows not to accept judicial reforms that cause ‘harm’
Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said on Monday he would not accept any reforms that undermined the independence of the judiciary, the latest salvo in a...
Congo PM threatens government resignation over minister’s arrest
Democratic Republic of Congo’s prime minister protested on Sunday over the brief arrest of the justice minister, saying the coalition government could resign over the...
Congo’s justice minister released hours after arrest
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Justice Minister Celestin Tunda was released from custody on Saturday evening, just hours after his arrest in the capital Kinshasa....
East Congo Ebola outbreak no longer an international emergency, says WHO
The World Health Organization said on Friday that the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that was declared over on Thursday no longer...
Congo police disperse parliament protesters with tear gas, water cannon
Democratic Republic of Congo police fired tear gas and water cannon on Wednesday to repel hundreds of protesters whose rally against a proposed new law...
DRC coronavirus centre attacked by mob angry at youth’s death
A coronavirus treatment and quarantine centre was ransacked Tuesday in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) when a riot erupted over the killing of...
Veteran Congo politician Pierre Lumbi dies from coronavirus
Veteran Congolese politician Pierre Lumbi, once an advisor to former President Joseph Kabila and latterly a leading opposition figure, died on Sunday, friends and allies...
Up to 12 infected in Congo’s new Ebola outbreak: WHO
Up to 12 people have been found infected with Ebola in a new outbreak of the deadly disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the...
Congo hit by a second, simultaneous Ebola outbreak
3 minutes Authorities in Congo announced a new Ebola outbreak in the western city of Mbandaka on Monday, adding to another epidemic of the virus...
Judge in graft trial of Congo president’s chief of staff dies
The high court magistrate overseeing a landmark corruption trial of the Congo president’s chief of staff died of a heart attack overnight in the capital...