DR Congo’s fast-spreading Ebola outbreak has exceeded 3,500 cases, overtaking the country’s deadliest epidemic and becoming the world’s second-largest ever. The Bundibugyo strain has no approved ...

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The Democratic Republic of Congo's Constitutional Court has approved a controversial referendum law that critics say could pave the way for President Félix Tshisekedi to seek a third term in office.

Some people in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, have expressed support for a controversial referendum law approved by the constitutional court on Tuesday. The opposition has ...

This would be a significant breakthrough in a long-standing security issue that has poisoned relations between DRC and Rwanda ...

Thousands ⁠of people rallied in the eastern Congolese cities of ⁠Goma and Bukavu on Tuesday to protest against ‌proposed ...

Kinshasa may have just realised that its commodity economy rests on a strong currency that can also be its own ...

The DRC's worst-hit region by Ebola is Ituri, accounting for roughly 88 percent of confirmed cases. Here, fighting mostly ...

Ebola is gaining momentum in another part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where escalating violence is hampering efforts to find patients and contain the virus.

Timothée Birindwa, an emergency health co-ordinator for the International Rescue Committee, arrived in Bunia, ...

The mining industry in Central and East Africa is bracing for an evolving operating environment driven by a complex interplay of security threats, resource nationalism and shifting global supply chain ...

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is now the fastest-growing in history, with over 1,000 deaths. Health officials are racing to contain the virus, which has no approved vaccine or ...