Democratic Republic Of Congo

Oxfam faces fresh sex abuse claims as UK stops funding to the charity

One of the biggest charities in the UK struggles to grapple with workers engaged in sexual abuse of vulnerable people in some of the worlds most hard hit areas.

Three-way talks over Nile dam fail in Kinshasa

Talks between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on Addis Ababa's contested dam on river Nile conclude without breakthrough in capital of Democratic Republic of Congo.

Nearly two dozen killed in eastern DRC massacre

Suspected ADF militia fighters attack Beu Manyama-Moliso village in restive Beni region, killing 23 people, local officials say.

Congolese opposition candidate Kolelas dies of Covid-19

Kolelas "died in the medical aircraft which came to get him from Brazzaville on Sunday afternoon," said Christian Cyr Rodrigue Mayanda.

UN says 200 killed, 40,000 displaced in DRC by ADF militia since January

The massacres have become more frequent since the army launched an offensive in October 2019, forcing the ADF to break up into smaller, highly mobile units, say experts.

Many dead in suspected ADF militia attack in east DRC

Witnesses and a conflict monitor confirm there are at least 12 dead in the attack, blaming it on the Allied Democratic Forces, which has the reputation of being the bloodiest of the 122 militias which plague the eastern DRC.

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.