DR Congo government

At least 30 people were killed in a weekend attack in the restive northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to local and UN sources. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group is suspected of carrying out the…

DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has authorised US special forces to help the Congolese army battle the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an armed group linked to ISIL (ISIS). The ADF, which the United States has deemed a “terrorist”…

The Biden administration said it was lifting Ebola-related travel restrictions for U.S. visitors who have recently been in Guinea, effective Friday. In March, the Department of Homeland Security ordered that travellers who had been in…

The Democratic Republic of Congo's move to impose a "state of siege" on two violence-wracked eastern provinces brought praise from local leaders but also sparked concern in a country where the army faces allegations of rights abuses.…

Two cities in eastern DR Congo were paralysed, local sources said, on the first day of protest strikes over continuing massacres of civilians which the army and UN peacekeepers have failed to stop. Pressure groups including Veranda…