Democratic Republic of Congo
4,600 People Flee Their Homes In DR Congo Daily
An average of 4,600 people flee their homes every day in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN said Monday, warning...
UN Council Urges DR Congo To Cooperate On Murder Inquiry
The UN Security Council on Thursday urged the Democratic Republic of Congo to cooperate with investigations of the...
Next Ebola Outbreak ‘inevitable’ But World Better Prepared
A new outbreak of the Ebola virus is "inevitable" but a new vaccine and rapid-response measures mean it will be more...
DR Congo Miners Upset At US ‘conflict Mineral’ Rules
In the lush hills of eastern DR Congo, where the trade in rare minerals has long fed unrest, miners complain that...
DR Congo Postpones Vote Registration In Kasai After Killing
The Democratic Republic of Congo said Monday it had indefinitely postponed voter registration in two provinces of its...
Murders Touch Off Riots In DR Congo’s Gold-Rich Northeast
Protesters angered by a string of unsolved murders threw up roadblocks and mobbed government offices in three days of...
Militia Clashes Kill 29 In Eastern DR Congo
Twenty-nine people have been killed in three days of clashes between rival factions of a militia group in a village in...
DRCongo, Home To A Tenth of the World’s Languages
"I haven't once spoken my mother tongue Kilokele in the 62 years I've lived in Kinshasa. None of my nine children speak...
Congolese Plantation Sprouts Art Centre To Help the Poor
There is no tap water, electricity or shops in Lusanga, a Congolese town once known as Leverville where the...
20 Killed In Clashes In DR Congo’s Kasai Region
Twenty people died in ethnic clashes last week in the troubled central Kasai region of Democratic Republic of Congo,...
US Troops Hunting LRA Warlord Kony Begin C.Africa Pullout
US special forces on Wednesday began to pull out from Central Africa, ending a five-year hunt for brutal LRA warlord...
UN Seeks $65 Mn For DR Congo Emergency
UN officials launched a bid Tuesday to raise $65.4 million (59.75 million euros) in emergency funds for hundreds of...
Uncatchable, Brutal Rebel Chief
Brutal rebel commander Joseph Kony has sowed terror across four African nations for three decades, even evading capture...
After Six Years, US Troops End Hunt For LRA Warlord Kony
US special forces on Wednesday begin pulling out of Central African Republic where they deployed in 2011 to help hunt...
Ex-Child Soldier Wins Environment Prize
An ex-child soldier who has spent years risking his life to fight illegal mining and wildlife poaching has been given a...
Our Natural Resources Should Propel Development – Dr Manteaw
Co-Chair of the multi-stakeholder committee of the Ghana Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (GHEITI), Dr Steve...
Our Natural Resources Should Propel Our Development – Dr Manteaw
Dr Steve Manteaw, Co-Chair of the multi-stakeholder committee of the Ghana Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative...
Rwandan Court Hands Ex-Hutu Militia Leader Life Sentence
Former Hutu militia leader Bernard Munyagishari was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Kigali Thursday for...
Nine African Countries To Participate At the Annual Africa Energy Forum In Copenhagen
African Ministries from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Gabon, Madagascar,...