DR Congo

UN peacekeepers begin pullout from war-torn east DR Congo

KAMANYOLA, DR Congo: The United Nations kicked off Wednesday the withdrawal of MONUSCO peacekeeping forces… Read More

East African regional force begins withdrawal from DRC

GOMA, DR Congo: The East African Community regional force (EAC-RF) began its withdrawal from the… Read More

Ten die in anti-UN demo in DR Congo’s Goma

GOMA, DR Congo: At least 10 people were killed Wednesday in Goma, a city in… Read More

East African leaders extend troop mandate in east DR Congo

NAIROBI: East Africa's leaders have agreed to extend until September the mandate of a regional… Read More

DR Congo diamond mine collapse kills six

Six people died when a diamond mine collapsed in the Democratic Republic of Congo over… Read More

Floods kill over 170 people in east DR Congo

More than 170 people have died after heavy rains and flooding in eastern DR Congo's… Read More

More than 40 dead after heavy rain pounds DR Congo capital

Forty-one people died in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa as the city was battered by… Read More

Thirty killed in DR Congo bus accident

President Felix Tshisekedi sent his condolences to the bereaved families Read More

Measles kill more people in DR Congo than Ebola: NGO

DR Congo declared a measles epidemic in June. Read More

Seven in DR Congo Ebola scare placed under surveillance: WHO

The WHO said the seven, comprising a woman and six of the man's children, had… Read More

UN official blasts violence against Ebola teams in DR Congo

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said additional resources were required to deal with the outbreak… Read More

Ebola epidemic in DR Congo now exceeds 1,000 cases

"The accumulated number of cases is 1,009," of which 629 cases were fatal, the health… Read More

Ebola response in DR Congo ‘failing’ to contain outbreak: MSF

Seven months into the outbreak, "the Ebola response is failing to bring the epidemic under… Read More

Death toll in Congo’s Ebola outbreak crosses 400 mark

Health authorities also confirmed 237 cases of "persons cured", with a further "200 suspect cases… Read More

Nine slain in new massacre in eastern DR Congo

BENI: Suspected militiamen killed nine civilians in a fresh attack in the Democratic Republic of… Read More

DR Congo rolls out prototype Ebola drugs as death toll rises to 67

BENI, DR CONGO: An outbreak of Ebola in eastern DR Congo has killed 67 people… Read More

War and Ebola: A double nightmare in eastern DR Congo

First came the war, which developed into a brutal, bloody tussle between militias who abused… Read More

400,000 children in DR Congo could die from hunger, says Unicef

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) on Tuesday warned that more than 400,000… Read More