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...
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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...
Hundreds dead as Congo forces target civilians, deny UN access
By Aaron Ross GOVERNMENT forces have targeted civilians, including women and children, resulting in numerous deaths in central Congo this week and are restricting United...
Congo police kill at least four in dawn raid on separatist cult (Update)
Congo police made a pre-dawn raid on a separatist group in Kinshasa on Tuesday, killing four people but failing to arrest their leader, a self-styled...
At least two killed as Congo opposition offices torched overnight (update)
At least two people were killed when armed men in uniform torched the headquarters of the main opposition party in Democratic Republic of Congo on...
Protests turn violent in Congo capital, at least eight dead (update)
Congolese police and anti-government protesters clashed in the capital Kinshasa on Monday, killing at least eight people including three policemen, during a march against President...
Congo militia leader goes on trial in test of international court
By Thomas Escritt Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda pleaded “Not guilty” on Wednesday to crimes including the rape of child soldiers in a campaign of pillage...
At least three killed in eastern Congo quake
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Democratic Republic of Congo early on Friday killed at least three people, the government spokesman said. The quake...
Remand after mosque threat
A 30-YEAR-OLD man from Congo, arrested for allegedly threatening to blow up mosques, and his 27-year-old flatmate from Senegal, were remanded for eight days pn...
Human Zoo hopes to challenge Norway’s image on racism
By Balazs Koranyi Displaying 80 people in a human zoo in Oslo’s most elegant park, two artists hope their “Congo Village” display will help erase what...
Girl still missing
Police on Wednesday called on anyone with information as to the whereabouts of a 16-year-old girl from the Congo missing for over two weeks to...