Republic of the Congo

Some acts of violence in DR Congo may amount to war crimes: UN

Jun 05, 2020 13:23

The United Nations (UN) has warned that some acts of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo may amount to “war crimes.”
Four army soldiers, 13 rebels killed in DR Congo clashes

Mar 08, 2020 08:21

Heavy clashes between government forces and armed rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have left four soldiers and at least 13 militants dead in the country’s troubled east.
Measles toll in Congo exceeds 5,000: WHO

Dec 05, 2019 14:34

A measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed 5,000 people this year, many of them young children, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
Health group withdraws staff from DR Congo’s east amid violence

Dec 05, 2019 05:56

The non-profit group Doctors without Borders (MSF) pulled its foreign staff out of an eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo after an armed group tried to enter its compound.
Four Ebola responders killed in troubled eastern DR Congo

Nov 28, 2019 15:44

Four Ebola workers in eastern DR Congo were killed and five injured, adding to the toll of people who have died fighting the nearly 16-month-old epidemic, the UN said Thursday.
Plane crashes in DR Congo, killing all on board

Nov 24, 2019 11:03

Rescue workers pulled 18 bodies from the rubble after a plane crashed into a densely populated neighborhood in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo shortly after take-off on Sunday.
Ten civilians killed by ADF militants in eastern DR Congo

Nov 20, 2019 16:27

At least 10 civilians were killed in two attacks by militia gunmen in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where government forces have vowed to root out armed groups, sources said Wednesday.
First shipment of new Ebola vaccine arrives in DR Congo

Nov 02, 2019 17:45

The Congolese medical authorities say they have received the first shipment of a new Ebola vaccine as the central African country battles its second deadliest outbreak of the virus this decade.
DR Congo unveils new government after months-long delay

Aug 26, 2019 10:07

Nearly eight months after former opposition Chief Felix Tshisekedi was elected president, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has unveiled a coalition government dominated by supporters of his predecessor, Joseph Kabila.
Congo has vaccinated over 200,000 against Ebola: Data

Aug 25, 2019 10:44

Congolese authorities and health workers vaccinated more than 200,000 people against Ebola in August, the government said on Sunday, using a Merck vaccine they hope will help rein in the world's second worst epidemic.