Democratic republic of congo
Seven die in makeshift goldmine collapse in DR Congo
Artisanal miners in the vast central African country often work in difficult conditions, ignoring safety norms.
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Over 100 dead or missing after vessels capsize in DRC
Over 100 people are dead or missing after nine interlocked canoes sank this week in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say.
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Four more people kidnapped in DR Congo after aid workers taken
The four were in the Virunga National Park travelling toward Goma in the North Kivu province when unidentified men stopped their pick-up truck, civil society leader Mambo Kawaya said.
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DR Congo army arrests 30 Burundians
The Burundians were arrested "thanks to collaboration between the population and the security services," Kasereka said.
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Witchhunt murders surge in troubled DR Congo province
Since early September, eight women have been burned to death or lynched in three districts of South Kivu province, local officials say.
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'Ebola is defeated,' says Congolese professor who discovered virus
The 79-year-old virologist was speaking at a ceremony in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa marking the arrival on the market of the "Ebanga" treatment, which was approved last December by the US Food and Drug Administration.
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At least 30 dead in weekend DR Congo attack
One civilian who helped look for bodies said the victims had mostly been attacked with machetes or shot.
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Suspected jihadists kill three people, torch vehicles in northeast DR Congo
The attack Wednesday morning occurred near the town of Ofai, the US-based Kivu Security Tracker (KST) said on Twitter, adding that the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) were suspected to have carried it out.
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DR Congo seeks $58 billion to rebuild industry
The rebuild plan would see new railways, ports and other infrastructure to connect six pillar regions of the vast country and chart a long-term course of growth to 2040, Industry Minister Julien Paluku said.
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DRCongo army says it has taken strongholds of rebel coalition
The clashes erupted in the province's highlands on August 12, when the military said it had responded to attacks by a coalition of the Makanika, Twigwaneho and Ngumino armed groups. The groups consist of members of the Banyamulenge community -- Congolese Tutsi with distant origins in neighbouring Rwanda.
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UN raises alarm on 'mass rape' in southeast DR Congo
UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said its staff were hearing horrific testimonies from forcibly displaced persons in the DR Congo's Tanganyika Province.
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Scientists in troubled DR Congo pursue research despite conflict, poverty
Earnest scholarship is common to universities and colleges in many parts of the world -- but here, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the quest for knowledge has come at an exceptionally high cost.
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Former DR Congo PM Matata placed under house arrest
In May, prosecutors asked parliament to lift the immunity granted to Matata in his new role as a senator so that he could face a probe over alleged corruption.
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DR Congo's Tshisekedi reshuffles central bank
Marie Malangu Kabedi Mbuyi, 63, a veteran official with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), replaces Deogratias Mutombo, who was named in 2013 by Tshisekedi's predecessor, Joseph Kabila.
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Curfew in DR Congo city after weekend bombs
On Sunday morning, a makeshift bomb went off in a Catholic church in the city, injuring two women, followed just hours later by a suicide bombing outside a bar.
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DR Congo court cuts jail term for ex-presidential aide
Vital Kamerhe, 62, who was also a former speaker of the National Assembly, was sentenced last June for embezzling nearly $50 million of public funds.
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Volcanologists take the pulse of DR Congo's temperamental volcano
Four experts from DR Congo's Goma Volcano Observatory (GVO) took the trail last week to get a closer look at Nyiragongo, which briefly flared into life on May 22.
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DR Congo mulls return to volcano city
The province's military governor 'has asked the appropriate services to carry out an on-site visit to assess the possibility of a likely progressive return of the evacuated population,' the statement said.
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Defying warnings, inhabitants return to DR Congo's volcano city
Even as emergency officials insisted it was still not safe to return, streets in the city centre were clogged with traffic, the flow of pedestrians seemed close to normal and some shops had reopened.
