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11 SANDF peacekeepers convicted of abusing boy in DRC
The men, who were convicted of common law assault by a military court, dragged the 17-year-old into their base in southern Kasai province after he was caught allegedly stealing buckets in January, the military said Monday.
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Army clashes with rebels kill 15 in eastern DRC
The army says the fighting was continuing Monday in Fizi, a region of South Kivu, a mineral-rich province which is prone to ethnic tensions.
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Ranger, 2 civilians killed in DRC national park
The violence erupted during a dispute over building permits outside an ICCN office in Vitshumbi, a village in the heart of the park on the shores of Lake Edward.
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In eastern DRC, 19 die of Ebola in five days
The outbreak, which began on 1 August, has now killed 241 people, the ministry said in a statement.
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Kinshasa rejects US 'terrorist threat' warning
The conflict-prone central African country heads to the polls on 23 December to elect a successor to longtime President Joseph Kabila as well as lawmakers.
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Congo approves clinical trials for Ebola treatments
Health workers have already administered therapeutic treatments to more than 150 Ebola patients since August.
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Congo authorities eye victory as candidates launch election campaigns
President Joseph Kabila, who has ruled since 2001, is backing his former interior minister Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary in the presidential race.
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Congo confirms near record number of new Ebola cases on Wednesday
Attacks by armed groups have hampered international efforts to control the outbreak, the worst in Congo’s history, which has infected over 380 people and killed two-thirds of them.
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Congo spy agency informant, army colonel deny role in UN experts' killing
Congo’s government has blamed the militia from the start and has arrested two dozen individuals. But it said last December it could not exclude the possibility that state agents were involved.
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Operations combating Ebola in DRC suspended after WHO workers attacked
This follows the shelling of a house accommodating World Health Organisation workers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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DR Congo Ebola response efforts resume in Beni after clashes: WHO
DR Congo's health ministry had announced a suspension of operations in Beni after deadly clashes erupted Friday just a 'few metres' from a local emergency centre and the hotels of several response teams.
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Mortar bombs fired at UN peacekeeping base in eastern Congo
The attack follows the death of twelve Congolese soldiers and seven UN peacekeepers in clashes with militias earlier this week.
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Seven peacekeepers killed in clashes near Ebola-hit part of east Congo
The peacekeepers, from Malawi and one from Tanzania, were killed on Thursday.
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Death toll from DRC cholera outbreak at 857
Health authorities have so far recorded 25,170 cases, occurring in 21 out of the country's 26 provinces, the WHO's office in the DRC said.
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WHO: DRC’s Ebola outbreak to last at least six more months
Children in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are dying from Ebola at an unprecedented rate.
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DRC opposition chief says quitting joint candidate deal
Seven opposition leaders, meeting in Geneva on Sunday, picked little-known MP Martin Fayulu as their joint candidate in the December 23 vote to succeed President Joseph Kabila, in power for 18 years.
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DRC opposition chief says quitting joint candidate deal
Seven opposition leaders picked little-known MP Martin Fayulu as their joint candidate in the 23 December vote to succeed President Joseph Kabila, in power for 18 years.
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DR Congo opposition picks joint presidential candidate
The elections are critical for the future of the DRC, a sprawling, mineral-rich country that has never experienced a peaceful transition of power since it gained independence from Belgium in 1960.
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Rebels kill at least 7 civilians in eastern DRC - army
Fighters of the ADF staged two raids in the North Kivu region bordering Uganda, Teddy Kataliko, leader of the civilian administration in Beni district, said.
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Uganda to vaccinate health workers against Ebola
It will be the first time the vaccine is used in a country not in the midst of an active Ebola outbreak.
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DR Congo 'not ready' for December polls: opposition
The Democratic Republic of Congo is "not ready" to hold long-delayed elections in December, the main opposition party said Tuesday.
