Congolese government

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says that more than 150 children have been separated from their families and more than 170 are feared to be missing in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Goma district due to the horrid episode of the…

Rwanda has opened its borders to accommodate hundreds of people fleeing the city of Goma in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo following the eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano. Taken aback by this latest eruption of the…

A volcanic eruption has approached the airport of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s main city of Goma late on Saturday, as the government urged residents to evacuate. As the red glow of Mount Nyiragongo tinged the night sky…

European troops could be back on Congolese soil for the first time since 2006 as President Felix Tshisekedi has approached Brussels to help train Congolese armed forces. Kinshasa seeks to deliver a final blow to rebels wreaking havoc in…

Among those who eulogised Deby was Félix Tshisekedi, President of DR Congo and current President of the African Union. President Tshisekedi said he was "appalled" and that the death is "a great loss for Chad and Africa as a whole".…

The Human Rights group, Amnesty International has accused the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of conducting an “alarming crackdown” on human rights defenders and activists who have spoken out about the economic crisis in the country.…