DR Congo

Strike call, protests in DR Congo after new election delay

BENI, DR Congo (AFP) -- A DR Congo opposition bloc called Thursday for a nationwide stoppage and police clashed with…

Seven dead, 23 missing in DR Congo canoe accident

TSHIKAPA, DR Congo (AFP) -- Seven diamond miners died and another 23 were missing after two canoes capsized in central…

Nobel Peace Prize honors champions of fight against sexual violence

  by Hazel Ward Agence France Presse OSLO, Norway (AFP) -- Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi campaigner Nadia Murad…

Ebola death toll rises to 88 in DR Congo

BENI, DR Congo (AFP) -- The death toll from an outbreak of Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has…

Congolese ‘Terminator’ war crimes case to wrap up at ICC

  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- International judges will hear closing arguments Tuesday in the case against former Congolese warlord Bosco…

WHO worried Ebola can ‘transmit freely’ in DR Congo, as death toll hits 41

Raging conflict is hampering efforts to rein in an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the WHO chief…

Nine confirmed dead in DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak: ministry

  BENI, DR Congo (AFP) -- Nine confirmed Ebola victims have died since the virus resurfaced in the Democratic Republic of…

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo believed to have killed 33: health ministry

  KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) -- A new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo is…

Fifteen dead in armed clashes in DR Congo

GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) -- Fifteen people were killed during five days of clashes between armed militia in the Democratic…

WHO chief says Ebola outbreak in DR Congo ‘not over’

KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) -- WHO chief Tedros Adhanom on Tuesday called for tighter monitoring as he wrapped up a visit…

ICC to rule in war crimes appeal by ex-Congolese VP

  by Jo Biddle © Agence France-Presse THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- International judges will Friday hand down a verdict in…

50 dead in boat accident in northwest DR Congo

  MBANDAKA, DR Congo (AFP) -- Fifty people died in a boat accident on a river in remote northwestern Democratic…

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