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In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the appointment of the electoral chief Denis Kadima has attracted opposition mainly from religious groups and other opposition parties. Congo's constitutional court on Tuesday swore in the electoral…

A former Central African Republic "Seleka" faction commander has took part in beatings and mistreatment of prisoners suspected of supporting ousted President Francois Bozize, an International Criminal Court prosecutor says. Mahamat Said…

Residents in the town of Beni (in North Kivu province) are concerned about the spread of the deadly Ebola virus after the death of a three-year-old boy in the Democratic Republic of Congo, five months after the African nation's outbreak of…

Congolese opposition leader Martin Fayulu has demanded an investigation after security forces brutally dispersed a rally he called over election reforms. Police fired in the air in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo capital on…

Dozens of journalists dressed in black, gathered on Friday evening in Goma to pay tribute to fellow pressmen murdered in the last four months in Congo's North Kivu and Ituri provinces. Two journalists have been murdered in eastern Congo…

Democratic Republic of Congo’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday reversed its decision to place former Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo under house arrest, his lawyer said. The former Prime Minister “is no longer under house arrest……

Climate activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have expressed strong opposition to plans for oil exploration in the Virunga National Park. In a short film dubbed “Fossil Free Virunga”, that was released by 350Africa.org…

The situation is "under control" following the eruption of a volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Felix Tshisekedi said after his government mistakenly announced another volcano had erupted on Saturday. A week after…

The Democratic of Congo has said an earlier report of a volcano erupting near Nyiragongo on Saturday was a false alarm. "False alarm on Nyamuragira. A plane has just flown over the entire area of the flanks of this volcano. No eruption…

The Democratic Republic of Congo says it will return to the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) a total of 1.3 million doses of the 1.7 million it received, for redistribution to other African countries. Unicef regional advisor for…