Congo

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi has replaced the armed forces chief and several other top military officers in a major reshuffle amid the ongoing fight against rebels in the country's eastern region, state media announced. The Chief…

A river boat sank in western Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 22 people after the overcrowded upper deck collapsed, a local official said. Boating accidents are common in Congo, where old, wooden vessels are the main form…

Amnesty International called for an investigation Wednesday into a former governor and two top army officials in Congo for “possible crimes against humanity” during a deadly crackdown on demonstrators last year protesting the U.N.…

U S President Joe Biden on his visit to sub-Saharan Africa pledged another $600 million for a cross-continent rail corridor project, telling regional leaders that “Africa has been left behind for much too long. But not anymore. Africa is…

The International Criminal Court prosecutor said Monday he is renewing an investigation in Congo and focusing on allegations of crimes committed in the conflict-torn North Kivu province in the central African nation's east since early 2022.…

South African military has said on Thursday that two of its soldiers were killed and three wounded by a mortar bomb in Democratic Republic of Congo, as President Cyril Ramaphosa struck back against opposition claims that they were…

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) says it has deployed troops to secure a corridor for people fleeing more violence in the east. The mission, MONUSCO, said some 1,000 displaced people have been…

For, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Jens Laerke says in Geneva that in the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville), the United Nations was responding to a flood disaster, “unprecedented in scale for six…

A state of humanitarian emergency has been announced in the Republic of Congo, following flooding caused by heavy rains that's been pouring for over a month. The government also announced the release of an emergency fund estimated at 4…

The head of Democratic Republic of Congo's election commission on Friday says it would meet a deadline for the release of full provisional presidential results, dismissing opposition calls for a re-run of the disputed vote as the response…