Browsing: DR Congo

The African Union has issued a joint communique, calling for an immediate cessation of fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo where rebels have seized two…

Officials said on Sunday that new battles between the army and M23 rebels had broken out in eastern DR Congo, ending a period of comparatively peaceful…

The presidency of the Democratic Republic of Congo provoked monumental hilarity across the country after issuing an announcement promoting a deceased general. Several tweeps shared the clips of the announcements,…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) have stated that Congolese army units backed armed groups implicated in serious abuses in the recent conflict with M23 rebel forces in…

Former Congolese-American basketball superstar Dikembe Mutombo is suffering from a brain tumor, NBA announced on Saturday. “Dikembe Mutombo is currently undergoing treatment for a brain tumor,”…

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (D.R Congo) has received bids from nine qualifying companies for three gas blocks on Lake Kivu which it put up…

Reports indicate that soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have apprehended a suspected militia leader and paraded him in front of the public. According…

Environment ministers from across 50 countries are gathered in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday for a “pre-COP27” climate summit. The deliberations are…

During an attack by ADF Rebels on a community in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, insurgents killed fourteen people. Local authorities…

The latest Ebola virus outbreak in the eastern province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been declared over, according to a…