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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.
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Children dying of Ebola at unprecedented rate in Congo - health ministry
The impact on children has been felt acutely in the city of Beni, which has emerged as the outbreak’s new epicentre.
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Congo ruling coalition rallies supporters before presidential election
President Joseph Kabila’s decision not to run calmed fears that the violence sparked by his refusal to step down when his mandate expired in 2016 could escalate into another civil war.
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Three days of violence that emptied an Angolan town of Congolese
About 300,000 Congolese have fled Angola in the last few weeks, many of them in response to the violence in Lucapa at the beginning of October.
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Congo accuses Angola of violent expulsions, Luanda denies
Congo’s ambassador to Angola has been summoned on Wednesday by Angolan authorities to be briefed on the case.
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Does DRC’s Ebola outbreak constitute international public health emergency?
Since the beginning of October, Ebola's killed 25 people and the WHO must determine whether there’s a real danger of it spreading across the border to Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.
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Mapping Ebola outbreak in DRC
A map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo shows the areas most affected by an Ebola outbreak that started in August.
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Congolese migrants flood home, Angola denies claims of brutal crackdown
Congolese migrants and officials said dozens of people were killed this month in neighbouring Angola in a crackdown on artisanal diamond mining, an accusation Angolan security forces strongly denied.
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DR Congo identifies ‘second wave’ of Ebola in east
The latest outbreak is the 10th in DR Congo since Ebola was first detected there in 1976.
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14 villagers killed, 9 wounded in DRC attack
Locals in the area are fighting over the mining of coltan, a vital mineral in making cellphones.
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Several Congolese killed in Angola clashes - reports
TPA said the trouble began on Wednesday when local Angolans clashed with Congolese gold miners. The police intervened and two Congolese were killed.
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UN Security Council heads to DR Congo ahead of polls
The Democratic Republic of Congo has not known a peaceful transition of power since independence from Belgium in 1960.
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Red Cross suspends burial of Ebola victims in DRC after staff attacked
At least 106 people have died since July in the latest Congolese outbreak of this deadly haemorrhagic disease.
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Naming names: Countries that made a change
Many countries changed their names at independence, most often from ones imposed by their colonisers.
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At UN, Joseph Kabila vows 'peaceful & credible' DRC vote
In power for two decades, the Congolese president this year bowed to international pressure and agreed to step aside.
