[African Arguments] Since primary education was made free in 2019, there has been a steep rise in both numbers of students and teachers working for nothing.

[Africa Check] A photo circulating on social media in July 2022, including in South Africa, shows a man in a tractor towing a jet aircraft out of a hangar.

[UN News] As conflict grows in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the rising death toll and suffering of displaced civilians through brutal attacks, is cause for serious concern said the UN refugee agency UNHCR on Friday, which appea...

[The New Humanitarian] Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of Congo -- 'We pray that the war will end, and that we will come out of it alive.'

[UN News] After a two-year hiatus, the voluntary repatriation of refugees from Angola to their homeland in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has begun again, after the programme was put on hold in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic led to long-...

[JusticeInfo.net] Patrice Emery Lumumba, "father of Congolese independence", was finally buried on June 30 in Kinshasa 61 years after his assassination- This came after former colonial power Belgium returned his tooth ten days earlier. But while the ...

[New Times] The DR Congo's Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Christophe Lutundula Apala Pen'Apala, on Monday, July 11, deposited his country's instruments of ratification on the accession of EAC Treaty, to the EAC Secretary Genera...

[DW] Clashes broke out in Eastern Congo on Thursday between the military and M3 after the rebel group said that a ceasefire deal signed the previous day was "irrelevant."

[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- Leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda meeting in Angola this week agreed to ease tensions and normalize diplomatic relations. The DRC has accused Rwanda of supporting resurgent M23 rebels, who in June seized a...

[The New Humanitarian] Butembo, Democratic Republic of Congo -- 'It is a serious humanitarian crisis and it is difficult for the aid to reach people.'

[RFI] The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have agreed to a "de-escalation process" to stop violence between the Congolese army and rebels, which the DRC claims are supported by Rwanda. Angola's President, serving as mediator, has called the a...

[DW] The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have agreed to a "de-escalation process" to curb the fighting and violence along their shared eastern border, the Congolese presidency said Wednesday.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Specialists in International Relations said that the African Union's invitation extended to the Angolan President João Lourenço to mediate the crisis between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) demonstrates the role ...

[ICRC] Kalemie -- 83 children, aged between five and 19, were reunited with their families in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The children had lost contact with their loved ones as a result of armed conflict and violence in the south-east...

[RFI] RFI has received testimony suggesting the government-funded French Development Agency is preparing to take over funding of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Kahuzi-Biega Park from Germany. The alleged murder, rape and immolation of Batwa peopl...

[Daily News] CRDB Bank has said it will champion social development in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with a 30 million US dollars (70bn/-) subsidiary.

[RFI] Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi is due to meet with his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame in Angola amid increasing hostility between the neighboring countries.

[New Times] President Paul Kagame is in Angola where he is meeting his counterparts, President João Lourenço of Angola and DR Congo's Felix Tshisekedi, sources have confirmed.

[CPJ] Kinshasa -- A judge at the High Court in Mbandaka, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's western Équateur province, on Tuesday acquitted and released journalist Chilassy Bofumbo, who had been jailed since he covered a November ...

[The Conversation Africa] Patrice Lumumba is the hero of the Democratic Republic of Congo's truncated bid for complete independence. He was assassinated by local counter-revolutionary forces with the help of the CIA and Belgian authorities in 1961. S...

[Africa CDC] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- July 5, 2022. On 23 April 2022, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) after laboratory confirmation of a case, a 31-year-old male f...

[UN News] The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has declared the end of its 14th Ebola outbreak after less than three months, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

[Nile Post] Three months after Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC) officially joined the East African Community, Ugandan companies have started making inroads by tapping into opportunities the new member of the block brings.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan president João Lourenço spoke Thursday by telephone with the President of South Africa, Ciryl Ramaphosa, to whom he provided detailed information on the mediation process between the Democratic Republics of Congo and Rwand...

[DW] The remains of Congolese independence hero and first Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba were laid to rest in Kinshasa on Thursday, the country's independence day, 61 years after his assassination by Belgian-backed rebels.

[New Times] A latest report by a United Nations Group of Experts has revealed that the FDLR, a terrorist group responsible for the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, controls part of DR Congo and currently involved in mass recruitment across the easter...

[VOA] New York -- The top U.N. official for the Democratic Republic of the Congo said Wednesday that the resurgent M23 rebel group in the country's east is well-armed and equipped, posing a growing threat to civilians.

[UN News] The resurgence of the M23 armed group has "broad repercussions" for the security, human rights and humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and for the wider region, the UN Special Representative there told t...

[State Department] On behalf of the United States, I extend my best wishes and congratulations to the people and the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the 62nd anniversary of your independence.

[New Times] The resurgence of the M23 rebellion has overshadowed the presence of more than 130 armed groups in eastern DR Congo, including the FDLR, which was founded by the former government forces and militia that committed the 1994 Genocide agains...