Democratic Republic Of Congo

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.

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.

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.

DRC police arrest leader of separatist cult after deadly clashes

A self-styled prophet and former member of Parliament, Ne Muanda Nsemi has a strong following in western Congo and has been a thorn in the side of successive governments.

Militants kill at least 10 people in eastern DRC attack

Officials of restive Beni region in Democratic Republic of Congo blame ADF fighters for massacre in Alungupa village in "surprise" attack.

At least 14 dead in DRC road crash

Citing witness accounts, Kinshasa public security chief Miguel Bagaya said the lorry smashed into a taxi bus and other vehicles as well as pedestrians after its brakes failed.

Dozens killed in east DRC attacks - govt

At least 62 civilians killed in a series of attacks by ADF militants this week in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say, while an NGO says seven people were killed by Mai-Mai militia in volatile Beni region.

Rebel attacks kill at least 43 in eastern DRC

The Congolese rights group said that rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces had killed at least 43 people since Friday in and around Beni, the epicentre of the ongoing Ebola epidemic.

New anti-UN protests in DRC leave one dead, five wounded

Fatalities were caused by police firing on protesters in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. A senior UN official responded to the protests and attacks against peacekeepers and Ebola health workers, saying they were planned, organised and funded.