Africa: Congo

Billions of desert locusts, some in swarms the size of Moscow city, have already chewed their way through Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti, Eritrea, Tanzania, Sudan, South Sudan and Uganda. By TONY KARUMBA (AFP)

DR Congo latest victim of locust swarms: experts

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After they ravaged parts of East Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo has became the latest country on the continent ...

Burnt down houses are seen in the village of Manzalaho near Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo on February 18, 2020, following an attack allegedly perpetrated by the rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). By Alexis Huguet (AFP/File)

Five dead hostages found after eastern DR Congo ma...

Feb 19, 2020

Five hostages taken by an armed group that killed 10 people in eastern DR Congo this week have been found dead, a local ...

Rwandan musician Kizito Mihigo, pictured speaking to the media after being arrested in April 2014 on charges of threatening state security. By STEPHANIE AGLIETTI (AFP/File)

Friction between DR Congo and Rwanda after disside...

Feb 19, 2020

Rwanda has lashed out at the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the death of a dissident singer in Rwandan police custo ...

Ten dead in attack in eastern DR Congo's Beni regi...

Feb 18, 2020

Ten people were killed in an attack late Monday in the eastern DR Congo region of Beni, where a notorious militia has ki ...

The lorry careered into several other vehicles and also hit several pedestrians. By Junior KANNAH (AFP)

At least 14 dead in DR Congo road crash

Feb 17, 2020

At least 14 people died and some two dozen more were hurt Sunday when a lorry ploughed into vehicles and pedestrians in ...

A girl gets inoculated with an Ebola vaccine (pictured November 2019), in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. By PAMELA TULIZO (AFP/File)

WHO extends emergency status of Ebola in DR Congo

Feb 12, 2020

The UN health agency on Wednesday said it was extending its global emergency designation for the Ebola outbreak in DR Co ...

Moise Katumbi, an opposition leader and former governor of the mineral-rich Katanga province, returned to DR Congo in May 2019 (pictured) after three years of self-imposed exile in Belgium. By Junior KANNAH (AFP/File)

DR Congo magnate Katumbi seeks to recover mining o...

Feb 12, 2020

DR Congo magnate and political heavyweight Moise Katumbi will seek to recover his mining operations after a French court ...

Mangina has been ravaged by rebel attacks and the Ebola virus. By John WESSELS (AFP/File)

Fearing new rebel attacks, thousands flee Ebola-hi...

Feb 11, 2020

Mangina, a town of some 72,000 in DR Congo's volatile east, was eerily empty on Tuesday after a massacre last week by a ...

Congolese teen Jonathan Kuminga, considered a top prospect for the 2022 NBA Draft, practices at Patrick School in Hillside New Jersey. By Thomas URBAIN (AFP/File)

Congolese teen Kuminga awaits his chance at NBA st...

Feb 10, 2020

He will not finish high school until 2021, but Congolese teen Jonathan Kuminga is already considered by some to be the y ...

Daniel Miuki (R) and Albert Kunyuku Ngoma (L) are the last survivors of the Public Force, the Belgian colonial army. By Manu Kalombo (AFP)

Surviving WWII Congo troops honoured for colonial-...

Feb 6, 2020

Albert Kunyuku Ngoma was a young Congolese corporal in the colonial Belgian army when he was forced to battle in WWII as ...

For public appearances at his Cite Bethel church, the preacher asks worshippers to pay between 50 and 100 dollars. By ROBERT CARRUBBA (AFP)

Rape allegation rouses concerns over DR Congo evan...

Feb 3, 2020

A rape accusation against a hugely popular revivalist preacher, gospel singer and televangelist has shone a light on the ...

Mourning: The scene in Oicha, in the Beni region, on November 29 after more than two dozen people were hacked to death. By Bienvenu-Marie BAKUMANYA (AFP/File)

36 killed in suspected militia massacre in east DR...

Jan 29, 2020

Thirty-six people have been killed in a suspected militia attack in the eastern DR Congo region of Beni, where hundreds ...

Attack kills 15 in eastern DR Congo

Jan 29, 2020

Fifteen people have been killed in the eastern DR Congo region of Beni, where hundreds have died in militia violence sin ...

Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has long struggled with violence from several militia groups. By ALEXIS HUGUET (AFP)

Cholera deepens misery in eastern DR Congo's 'forg...

Jan 24, 2020

In eastern DR Congo, thousands have fled violence to camps in the remote mountain forests where they battle cholera, hun ...

Amnesty said rights remain at risk under President Felix Tshisekedi. By Tobias SCHWARZ (AFP)

Rights in DR Congo still under threat a year after...

Jan 24, 2020

Human rights remain at threat in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Amnesty International said on Friday in a report issu ...

A year after he came to power, Tshisekedi's promises of fast-track change, with radical reforms to ease poverty and tackle corruption, have dimmed. By Luis TATO (AFP)

A year after historic change, DR Congo struggles w...

Jan 23, 2020

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday marks a year since it began its first peaceful transition of power, but ...

Former candidate Martin Fayulu claims he won the 2018 election. By ALEXIS HUGUET (AFP)

DR Congo police fire tear gas to break up oppositi...

Jan 17, 2020

DR Congo police fired tear gas to prevent anti-government protesters gathering in the capital Kinshasa on Friday, forcib ...