Congo

The United Nations will need to mobilise a record $2.25 billion this year to address the mass displacement of people in east Democratic Republic of Congo following a major offensive by M23 rebels last year, the U.N. coordinator for the…

The view of a cybercafé is commonplace in The Congo, Gloire Ness a 21-year old from Bacongo in Brazzaville managesa small business. On a daily basis, he has to deal with issues ranging from blackouts to poor access to Internet. "The…

The European Union has urged Rwanda to stop supporting the M23 rebel group, which has captured swaths of territory in North Kivu province in neighbouring (DRC). The DRC along with the United States and several European countries has…

The UN Security Council adopted a resolution Tuesday relaxing the embargo on arms exports to the Democratic Republic of Congo, a decision hailed by Kinshasa as an "injustice repaired”. The resolution removes language that previously…

Over 55 people have been killed and dozens injured by widespread floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in Congo's capital, Kinshasa. Kinshasa's 24 neighbourhoods were affected according to local officials. Some 12 million people…

Fighting with heavy weapons resumed in eastern DRC between the M23 rebels and the Congolese army, after five days of a truce following the decisions of the Luanda summit on November 23. This summit had decided on a ceasefire from Friday…

The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed a new case of the Ebola virus. The virus was confirmed on Tuesday by the World Health Organization and is linked to the outbreak that killed almost three-and-a-half-thousand people in the…

The latest outbreak of the Ebola disease in Congo has officially been declared over, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The Who Health Organisation said, the outbreak affected the north western Équateur province, with the…

The Congolese army has accused Rwanda of deploying 500 of its soldiers in eastern DRC in support of the M23 rebels. This is the latest accusation described Thursday as "baseless" by Kigali. The new acrimonious exchanges come after…

The Democratic Republic of Congo's Inspectorate General of Finance (IGF), in a statement revealed points to numerous irregularities in the management of the state-owned mining company Gécamines, which it says has caused the loss of hundreds…