Brazil’s police have arrested three people following the death of a Congolese refugee beaten to death at a beachside kiosk in Rio de Janeiro; the incident…
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A high-tension power cable snapped and fell on houses and a market after lightning struck it on the outskirts of the Congolese capital Kinshasa on Wednesday,…
The board of the International Monetary Fund approved a three-year, $455 million loan for the Republic of Congo on Monday to help support its economic recovery.…
One of the most influential genres of African music and dance, Congolese rumba, is now on UNESCOs intangible heritage list in a move aimed at helping…
Armed gunmen, believed to be Islamist extremists, killed at least 16 people and houses burned down in Beni, a village in the eastern Democratic Republic of…
The final secondary school exams of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) began this week after a two-month delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. No…
Former IMF official, Marie Malangu Kabedi Mbuyi, has been appointed as the new Central Bank governor of the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is the first…
The World Bank has approved a U.S $12.5 million grant to the Republic of Congo in order to acquire COVID-19 vaccines and reinforce awareness of benefits of…
THIS IS A RECAP OF STORIES THAT MADE THE HEADLINES ACROSS THE CONTINENT DURING WEEK. MONDAY D.R. CONGO We began in Central Africa where more than…
The United Nations has allocated $15m (N5.8Bln) to fight the fresh Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN Emergency…