Democratic Republic Of Congo

Dozen dead in suspected ADF machete attack on two villages in DRC’s Beni

Armed men launched their assault on towns of Oicha and Kisima in North Kivu Province with killings in Congo’s mineral-rich east said to have more than doubled in last year.

Italian ambassador to DRC killed in attack on UN convoy

The UN convoy was attacked near Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kanyamahoro town in a kidnapping attempt.

Dozens killed, hundreds missing in DRC boat accident

At least 60 people have been killed and 240 are unaccounted for as a passenger barge carrying more than 700 people capsizes in Congo River in western Mai-Ndombe province.

Guinea announces new Ebola epidemic in first cases since 2016

The cases marked the first known resurgence of Ebola in West Africa since a 2013-2016 epidemic that began in Guinea and killed more than 11,300 people across the region.

New Ebola case detected in eastern DRC, dozens being disinfected

A woman who contracted Ebola virus has died in Butembo town in North Kivu province while as the government begun tracing everyone who came in contact with her, officials say.

Over two dozen feared dead in DRC barge sinking

Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo's Tshopo province say bodies of six people have been found and 19 others are still missing in last week's accident on Congo River.

Several rangers killed in DRC jungle, home to endangered gorillas

Officials blame Mai-Mai militia for killing six park guards in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park, home to about a quarter of the world's critically endangered mountain gorillas.

DRC sees second 'savage' massacre of civilians in a week

Officials say 21 people were “savagely” killed in the Rwenzori area of the eastern Beni region, blaming militia members of Allied Democratic Forces for the attack.

DRC army finds bodies of civilians slain in New Year Eve attack

Democratic Republic of Congo’s forces were chasing ADF fighters when they found the remains of at least 25 civilians, the administrator of the Beni territory said.

Death toll of attack blamed on ADF militia rises in DRC

At least six people died from machete wounds and the bodies of six others who were kidnapped were later found, an army spokesperson said.

UN: Global displacement toll beyond 80M as more people flee 2020 conflicts

UN says conflicts in Syria, Africa's central Sahel region, DRC, Mozambique, Somalia, and Yemen continue to uproot people, arguing displacements will grow "unless world leaders stop wars."

Revisiting the UN Mapping Report on the DRC, a decade later

The UN Mapping Report on mass killings, rapes and displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo was a milestone in documenting crimes against humanity.