[HRW] Goma -- One Year On, Failure to Investigate Buhene Violence

[The Conversation Africa] Since March 2022, fighting has escalated in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between the army and the rebel group March 23 Movement, more widely known as M23. The group allegedly attacked army positions near th...

[The Herald] EFFORTS to grow bilateral trade between Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo are expected to top discussions at the outward seller mission, which opens today in Lubumbashi.

[CPJ] Kinshasa -- Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo must ensure the immediate release of journalists Patrick Lola and Christian Bofaya, who have been arbitrarily detained without charge for five months in the central prison of Mband...

[New Frame] Fulu Miziki spent the Covid lockdown refining, isolating and recording their handcrafted instruments, resulting in their truly spectacular Ngbaka EP.

[New Frame] The Congolese advocate for LGBTQIA+ rights has been living in fear after spurious charges of 'promoting homosexuality' led the police to her door.

[IPS] Yaoundé -- Growing up amid under the leafy canopy of the Congo Basin rainforest, the woodland was more than our home. It was our playground, our medicine cabinet, our teacher, our therapist. And it was a source of livelihood with its rich biod...

[Balancing Act] London -- Organistions like Zenzeleni have pioneered the use of mesh Wi-F in remote villages in South Africa to deliver low-cost Wi-Fi. This week Russell Southwood spoke to Edelquinn Njambi, Technical Sales and Marketing, Mesh ++ abou...

[HRW] Appeal Court Confirms Role of Senior Officials in 2010 Chebeya-Bazana Murders

[CPJ] Dakar -- Congolese authorities should immediately drop all criminal proceedings against journalists Albert Muhila, Dieu Agba, and Patrick Gbondo, and reform the country's laws to ensure journalists are not jailed in connection with their work, ...

[UN News] UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to investigate deadly armed group attacks in Djugu Territory, Ituri Province, on Sunday.

[Africa Renewal] The initiative will help develop battery value chain and create jobs.

[ISS] Weeks after admitting the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the EAC has launched peace negotiations with DRC rebels.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola and Congo discuss Monday in Pointe Noire, DRC, ways to ensure joint border security and a consultation and exchange of information agreement between security bodies of the two countries, ANGOP has learnt from a statement issu...

[ANGOP] Lóvua -- The Angolan Government will continue to support and protect refugees from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Lóvua settlement, eastern Lunda Norte province, the minister of Social Action, Family and Promotion of Women Faustina A...

[Nyasa Times] Inosselia Agro and Greenbelt Authority (GBA) greenhouse-based vegetable farm, which is near Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe, last week exported its first consignment of 300 kilograms (kgs) of fresh cherry tomatoes to the ...

[VOA] Geneva -- More than 35,000 refugees who have fled to Uganda this year seeking safety from violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance.

[DW] Talks in Kenya between the DR Congo government and rebel groups were aimed at ending violence. But few observers believe fighting will cease. Some notable rebels were not even present. So why do the Nairobi talks matter?

[The Sentry] When United States (US) Deputy National Security Advisor Daleep Singh landed in Kinshasa recently to engage the Congolese government about access to minerals, his visit could be seen as just another stop for the senior official as he hea...

[DW] Talks in Kenya between the DR Congo government and rebel groups were aimed at ending violence. But few observers believe fighting will cease. Some notable rebels were not even present. So why do the Nairobi talks matter?

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] KUALA LUMPUR / RIO DE JANEIRO / DURBAN -- Fewer fires led to lower levels of tropical forest loss last year but governments will need to act much faster to meet a promise to end deforestation by 2030

[CPJ] Dakar -- Congolese authorities should drop their prosecution of journalist Sébastien Mulamba, stop harassing him, and investigate the raid on his home, the Committee to Project Journalists said Thursday.

[New Times] There is big optimism that armed groups in DR Congo which are now parties to the dialogue in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, will flow with the dedication and commitment that guarantees progress towards a durable solution.

[The Exchange] Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on different armed groups in DR Congo to lay down their weapons and work with President Félix Tshisekedi in nurturing peace and stability in the East African Community's youngest member stat...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on different armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)to lay down their weapons and work with President Félix Tshisekedi in nurturing peace and stability in the East African Co...

[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville/Kinshasa -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo today kicked off Ebola vaccination in Mbandaka, the capital city of Equateur Province in the north-west, to halt the spread of the virus following an outbreak which has claimed t...

[UN News] An Ebola vaccination campaign has begun in northwest Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to halt the spread of a deadly new outbreak in the country, where the disease is endemic.

[CFR] As the DRC becomes the newest member of the East African Community, the regional organization confronts multiple challenges in its effort to tackle insecurity in eastern Congo.

[RFI] The Democratic Republic of Congo's health authorities have declared a new Ebola virus outbreak in Equateur Province on Monday - its third since 2018. With help from the World Health Organization, it has identified more than 100 contact cases.

[Africa CDC] Addis Ababa -- The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), through the Ministry of Health (MoH) has declared an outbreak of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the Mbandaka Health Zone, Equateur province (bordering the Congo a...