[Monusco] The security of populations also involves their direct participation. This was the message delivered on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, in Boga, in the territory of Irumu (Ituri), during an awareness session organized by MONUSCO peacekeepers an...

[Shabelle] Kinshasa -- A delegation of Somali businesspeople received a warm welcome upon arrival in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in a visit aimed at strengthening trade ties and exploring new investment opportunit...

[MSF] On 4 September, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) officially declared a new outbreak of the Zaire strain of Ebola in the Bulape health zone, located in Mweka territory in Kasaï province. This remote region of...

[Nile Post] The African Union (AU) has condemned the killing of at least 71 people in a brutal attack by suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

[Leadership] Lagos State government on Wednesday activated the Incident Management Structure (IMS) of the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) as part of measures to strengthen prevention and preparedness against any possible outbreak of...

[SAnews.gov.za] The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has assured its members, their families, and the public that all operational allowances owed to personnel deployed to the Southern African Development Community Mission in the Republic ...

[The Conversation Africa] The forest elephants of the Congo Basin are critically endangered and face extinction.

[Nile Post] Football fans in the Democratic Republic of Congo went on a rampage Tuesday evening, vandalizing seats at Kinshasa's Stade des Martyrs after their team's 3-2 defeat to Senegal in the 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers.

[Premium Times] Senegal now top their group ahead of October's fixtures against South Sudan and Mauritania.

[New Times] Rusingizwa Bitebetebe, 80, carries the weight of a lifetime scarred by violence and displacement.

[New Times] Nigeria were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw against South Africa's Bafana Bafana in a decisive 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying match on Tuesday evening Senegal came from two down to win 3-2 in Kinshasa and take charge of Group B.

[New Times] Rwanda's envoy to the United Nations Office in Geneva has urged the UN Human Rights Council to dismiss accusations made by DR Congo that Rwanda is committing genocide on its territory, saying such claims fall outside the definition of gen...

[RFI] Perpignan - Virunga, Africa's first national park, is home to endangered wildlife, including the world's largest population of mountain gorillas. Situated in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the park is marking its centenary despite co...

[Nile Post] The Minister of State for Trade, Gen.eraWilson Mbasu Mbadi, has announced plans to engage his counterpart in the Democratic Republic of Congo to resolve long-standing trade barriers that continue to frustrate business between the two coun...

[Monusco] Jean-Tobie Okala

[CPJ] Kinshasa -- The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on government and rebel authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to stop harassing reporter Tuver Wundi, who has been detained twice and dismissed from his job at the national br...

[Monusco] Alain Wandimoyi

[Afropop] Having covered both the Montreal International Jazz Festival and Montreal's Nuits d'Afrique Festival for over a decade, we can say it's very rare for an artist to play at both festivals in the same year. Especially when it comes to filling ...

[Premium Times] WHO has delivered 12 tonnes of emergency medical supplies to the DR Congo as the country battles its 16th Ebola outbreak.

[CAF] Matchday 8 of Africa's qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup 2026 delivered late twists and high stakes.

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- Uganda said on Friday that it is on high alert following an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has so far claimed 15 lives.

[The Conversation Africa] The Congolese military court has accused former president Joseph Kabila of treason, corruption, war crimes and supporting the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group. During court proceedings that began in July 2025, arguments w...

[allAfrica] Geneva -- A new UN report has found that all the parties in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo)'s provinces of North and South Kivu have committed serious violations of international humanitarian law that may amount to war crimes ...

[allAfrica] Monrovia -- The signatories to a U.S.-brokered peace agreement intended to end the decades-long conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo have recommitted themselves to implementing the deal. This follows a resurgence of violence in th...

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[UN News] Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance for survivors has had to be halted as sweeping funding cuts bite, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, warned on Friday.

[allAfrica] Cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), essential for global clean energy technologies, presents a paradox for the global energy transition. While the country supplies more than 70 percent of the world's cobalt for el...

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[Premium Times] Nigeria has not reported any case of Ebola in the ongoing outbreak. However, health authorities have previously heightened surveillance in response to regional threats.

[Africa CDC] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | -- A sixteenth outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) has been confirmed in Kasai province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), government officials announced today.