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Thousands demonstrate in DRC after protest ban is lifted

President Felix Tshisekedi lifted a virus health emergency in place since March to allow all businesses to reopen. Officials in his coalition government accuse him of "dictatorial abuses" for appointments he made in the army and the judiciary.

Congo turns 60, but still isn't free

The Democratic Republic of Congo rid itself of European colonisers, but their legacy and misrule still haunts the country.

Second deadliest Ebola outbreak on record ends in DRC

The outbreak was "the longest, most complex and deadliest" in the 60-year history of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Health Minister Eteni Longondo said.

New Ebola outbreak in DRC kills 11, infects 17

Fresh infections surface in western province of Mbandaka as Democratic Republic of Congo's dilapidated health system battles both a measles epidemic and Covid-19.

Tonnes of gold smuggled out of DRC - UN report

A UN Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo found in its annual report that at least 1.1 tonnes of gold were smuggled out of Ituri province alone in 2019.

DRC conflicts leave some 1,300 civilians dead, half a million displaced

Death toll in the east of the vast country soared in recent weeks, the UN says, as conflicts in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu provinces spread, "with disastrous repercussions for the civilian population."

DRC reports four deaths in fresh Ebola outbreak

Democratic Republic of Congo's Health Minister Eteni Longondo says disease has erupted in a district of the northwestern city Mbandaka, a transport hub on the Congo River with a population of more than a million.

In unusual move, US embassies in Africa speak up on Floyd

Meanwhile, Iran also took Washington to task over the killing of George Floyd condemning what it called "the tragic murder of black people and deadly racial discrimination in the United States".

Rebels destroy 150 schools, 22 health centres in DRC

Over 200,000 people have been displaced by COCEDO rebels in last two months, says UN radio.

DRC attacks leave at least 27 civilians dead

Women and children among those murdered in two separate attacks in restive Ituri and North Kivu provinces of Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say.

Clashes between DRC army, militias leave 23 dead

The gold-rich northeastern province of Ituri has witnessed interethnic tensions between the Lendu and Hema communities since December 2017 that led to widespread violence and human rights abuses.

More than 200,000 people fled DRC's troubled Ituri region since March – UN

A government-led military operation against various armed groups in the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused hundreds of thousands to flee the region.