[RFI] US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to hold talks with Rwandan President Paul Kagame amid calls from campaigners to pressure Kigali over its human rights record and alleged support of M23 rebels in the neighbouring Democratic Republic o...

[State Department] QUESTION: (Via interpreter) Mr. Secretary of State, hello, welcome to the DRC. Thank you for granting this exclusive interview, our first network in the country. Many African countries abstained from condemning Russia. You were co-...

[State Department] Kinshasa Digital Academy, Kinshasa, DRC -- August 10, 2022

[State Department] Chief of Mission Residence, Kinshasa, Democratic R -- August 9, 2022

[State Department] Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Democratic Republic of the Congo Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde in Kinshasa.

[State Department] Villa Kilimandjaro, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic -- August 9, 2022

[VOA] Washington -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken encouraged the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to have "free, fair, and on-time elections" while expressing concern over the detention of a Congolese opposition leader arrested soon as Bli...

[USAID] ADMINISTRATOR POWER: Thank you so much, Diana. Thanks to all of you who have joined here in person, especially John's family. Thanks to you who are out there on the big screen. If you're so inclined, it would be amazing if you could turn your...

[RFI] US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the second leg of his three-nation African tour that began in South Africa at the weekend, and is due to wrap in Rwanda this Wednesday.

[The Conversation Africa] My father left my mother while she was pregnant - she gave birth when he had already left. People call me "daughter of a bitch". They disturb and hurt me so much. They say they will chase me because I am a foreigner. I am su...

[The Conversation Africa] Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) make for very unhappy neighbours. Both sides claim the other is set on bringing down their government, and violating past agreements and international norms.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] We need rules and incentives to ensure human rights are respected as mining for electric car components grows

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[CPJ] Kinshasa -- Congolese authorities should thoroughly investigate the recent attacks on journalists Daniel Aloterembi and Fify Kibwana and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday.

[VOA] Nairobi -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday to raise concerns that tensions with neighboring Rwanda could spread instability in the region. Political analysts say the United States is...

[RDC] Kinshasa -- On Tuesday, August 9, at 2:25 p.m. local time, Air Force Two carrying the U.S. Secretary of State landed at N'djili International Airport.

[VOA] U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in South Africa on Sunday, the first leg of his three-nation African tour.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Over 1,600 Angolans living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been registered to cast ballots in August 24 general elections, ANGOP has learnt.

[State Department] Under Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez will travel to South Africa, August 7-8, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), August 9-10, to join Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken in engaging government officials, busines...

[New Times] Rwanda has termed the allegedly leaked United Nations Group of Experts' (UNGoE) report accusing the country of supporting DR Congo rebel group, M23, as a tactical distraction from the real issues.

[VOA] Kigali, Rwanda -- Rwanda's government has rejected a United Nations report that said Rwandan troops have been conducting military activities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and are supporting M23 rebels there.

[VOA] Nairobi -- The Democratic Republic of Congo opened an auction last week for drilling rights in 30 oil and gas blocks.

[UN News] The United Nations continues to engage with authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the wake of the deadly shooting this past weekend involving peacekeepers from its Mission there, MONUSCO.

[New Times] Rwanda has said it is committed to deepen its relations with the United States days ahead of Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken's scheduled visit to the east African nation.

[RFI] Kinahsa has asked the UN peacekeeping mission, Monusco, to withdraw spokesman Mathias Gillmann over "indelicate and inappropriate remarks" he made in the wake of deadly mass protests in the eastern DRC, in which at least 36 people have died.

[DW] The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has asked the spokesman of the UN peacekeeping mission to leave the country as soon as possible.

[IPS] United Nations -- A spike in state-sanctioned executions worldwide - including in Iran, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, and more recently Myanmar - has triggered strong condemnations from the United Nations and several civil rights and human rights or...

[MSF] "The whole family was in the field working when the shooting started. We ran away and walked for three hours to Rumangabo in the rain," says Ponsie Benda, 54. "We couldn't get back to the house. We left with what we had on us."

[UN News] A powerful new sculpture unveiled at UN Headquarters on Wednesday honours the memory and mission of two human rights experts who were murdered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) five years ago.

[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- The government of Kinshasa has asked the UN Mission in Congo (MONUSCO) to remove its spokesman Mathias Gillmann. "In relation to the recent escalation of tensions between MONUSCO and the population, in particular that of N...