Opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi has won the Democratic Republic of Congo’s tightly contested presidential vote, the electoral commission says. Provisional results put him ahead of anot... Read more
The DRC’s most dangerous region is facing the seventh-largest Ebola outbreak in history. The fight against Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing a “perfect storm” that coul... Read more
Police and government authorities in Zambia have cleared Congolese rhumba star Koffi Olomide to perform in the country next weekend, contrary to media reports earlier in the week that the si... Read more
Two infected patients who fled from an Ebola treatment center in a Congo city of 1.2 million people later died, an aid group said Wednesday while asserting that “forced hospitalization is no... Read more
Two Britons held hostage in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been released unharmed, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has announced. Mr Johnson paid tribute to the DRC authorities... Read more
At least 14 UN peacekeepers have been killed by suspected rebels in an attack on their base in Congo’s North Kivu region, the UN said on Friday, adding that 53 others were wounded. Most of t... Read more
Militia fighters in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo attacked a U.N. peacekeeping base on Friday, triggering clashes that left two of the fighters dead and two peacekeepers slightly woun... Read more
An abandoned aircraft stands at Kinshasa’s Ndjili International Airport April 13, 2012. File photo. REUTERS/Jonny Hogg KINSHASA (Reuters) – A military cargo plane crashed in Democratic Repub... Read more
Congolese President Joseph Kabila told the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday that he would ensure those responsible for killing two U.N. investigators earlier this year will be pun... Read more
More than 500 people have died so far in a cholera epidemic that is sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Outbreaks of the water-borne disease... Read more
