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A joint statement from Congo's government and a coalition of insurgents in the country’s east including the M23 rebels says ...
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo — Anthrax poisoning has killed about 50 hippos in Virunga, Africa's oldest national park, which is located in the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled east ...
Belgium has denied claims that it has sent troops to engage rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, amid a diplomatic spat between Belgium and Rwanda. News reports and social ...
At least 33 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo in floods that have limited access to more than half of the country's capital, Kinshasa. Ten deaths were confirmed on Sunday ...
The fate of the others was not immediately clear. The Democratic Republic of Congo had reinstated the death penalty last year, lifting a more than two-decade-old moratorium, as authorities ...
The country is considering extending a restriction on cobalt exports to further push up prices. It’s not the only mineral-rich country to try that. Tariffs aren’t the only thing restricting ...
Bukavu, controlled by the M23, faces nightly killings and widespread fear as Congolese troops fled, leaving weapons accessible to criminals. The absence of courts and police exacerbates the ...
Four American men convicted for their role in a failed coup in Democratic Republic of Congo last year were charged in the United States this week. They will serve the rest of their jail terms in ...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has suspended the political party of former President Joseph Kabila and ordered the seizure of his assets, accusing the 53-year-old of high treason over ...
Heavy downpours flooded and submerged parts of Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, over the weekend, destroying roads, inundating homes and killing about 30 people, according ...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has presented U.S. officials and the American people with a proposal: help bring security to the embattled central African country and, in return, receive ...
While the Democratic Republic of Congo reels from a new rebel offensive in the east, its capital in the west, Kinshasa, grapples with deadly floods. By Saikou Jammeh Reporting from Dakar ...