DR Congo

Pope Francis' July 2-7 trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan has been cancelled because of the 85-year-old pontiff's knee ailment, the Vatican said on Friday. The decision was taken "with regret" at the request of the…

18 civilians were killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday by a notorious ethnic militia, which attacked a church building where displaced people had taken shelter, local and church sources said. The incident took place…

Ghanaian national team captain Andre Ayew scored the game’s only goal as the Black Stars beat South Africa 1-0 to progress to the play-off round of the qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup, while Mali and the Democratic Republic of…

Vaccination against the deadly Ebola disease began in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern city of Beni, the WHO said, five days after reports of a new case. The fresh case was reported in North Kivu, the same province where the…

Toxic leak from a massive diamond mine in Angola killed at least 12 people and left 4,500 sick,says a minister in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.  The leak turned a tributary of the River Congo red and killed huge numbers of…

DR Congo is mourning the death of Gabriel Kyungu wa Kumwanza, one of the co-founders of the ruling party UDPS who died on Saturday according to his party. Gabriel Kyungu wa Kumwanza died after a "short illness" in Angola, where he was…

President Paul Kagame on Monday re-imposed tight restrictions including the suspension of all social gatherings and the adjustment of curfew time from 9pm-4am to 7pm- 4am. Movements between Kigali and other provinces in the country are…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will suspend entry for travellers coming from Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda starting June 11, as part of efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the National Emergency Crisis and…

Health authorities are reallocating around 75% of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s 1.7 million AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses to other African countries to make sure they’re used before they expire, a UNICEF representative said on…

The Democratic Republic of Congo has elected a supporter of President Felix Tshisekedi as the next Senate leader. Modeste Bahati Lukwebo's election follows the formation of a new parliamentary majority to remove the camp of the former…