Rangers concerned deep water port could threaten Congo’s sea turtles
By Hereward Holland Each year Christian Ndombe and other park rangers scour the beaches of Democratic Republic of Congo’s vanishing coastline for turtle nests, bringing...
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Fears of new eruption sees thousands flee Congoleses city Goma
Thousands of local people and some aid workers scrambled to flee the Congolese city of Goma on Thursday after officials said a second volcanic eruption...
Armed group denies killing Italian ambassador in Congo
An armed group in eastern Congo, accused by the government of carrying out an ambush on a United Nations convoy in which Italy’s ambassador and two other...
Italian envoy and two others killed in attack on UN convoy in Congo
Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and two other people were killed on Monday in an attack on a United Nations convoy in eastern Congo, Italy’s...
Four killed in attacks against Ebola response centres in Congo
Militia fighters in eastern Congo killed four people and injured several others in attacks on two Ebola response centres on Thursday, in what responders described...
Congo races to contain Ebola after gold miner contaminates several in Goma
Congolese authorities were racing to contain an Ebola epidemic on Thursday, after a gold miner with a large family contaminated several people in the east’s...
The uniquely awful politics of Africa’s second poorest nation
By Gwynne Dyer Maybe the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a bit more democratic than the mere Republic of Congo, but it’s a...
British nationals taken hostage in eastern Congo park – park service (updt)
A park ranger was killed and two British citizens were kidnapped on Friday in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park, a park service official and...
First reported deaths in Congo Ebola outbreak came in January
Cases of hemorrhagic fever were reported in an area of Congo that is facing an Ebola epidemic as far back as December and the first...
Rebels kill 15 peacekeepers in Congo in worst U.N. attack
Suspected Ugandan rebels killed at least 15 Tanzanian U.N. peacekeepers and wounded 53 others in a raid on a base in Congo that U.N. Secretary-General...
