[Global Witness] The DRC government has made some ambitious commitments to achieve sustainable forest governance. But the journey there is being stalled by corruption, impunity and weak enforcement.

[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- The government of Kinshasa has filed a lawsuit against Apple in France and Belgium, accusing the company of using components derived from minerals illegally mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to manufacture it...

[State Department] Washington D.C. -- President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s December 2024 travel to Angola was the first visit of a U.S. president to Sub-Saharan Africa since 2015.  Assistant Secretary Molly Phee provides an overview of ...

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopian Airlines announced partnering with the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for the establishment of Air Congo.

[Reporter] The Ethiopian Airlines Group has finalized an agreement with the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo that will grant the carrier a 49 percent stake in Air Congo.

[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- The peace summit between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, mediated by Angola and scheduled to take place yesterday, Sunday 15 December, in the Angolan capital Luanda, has been cancelled. The cancellation of the...

[New Times] The Democratic Republic of Congo's persistent reliance on foreign mercenaries and other outfits to address its security challenges is a deeply concerning trend that will only worsen the security situation in the country's volatile eastern...

[The Conversation Africa] The host countries of two of the United Nations' flagship peacekeeping missions recently demanded their withdrawal. This development raises questions about whether such missions can still effectively prevent and manage confl...

[Daily Maverick] A contingent of South African soldiers began their second year in the war zone with no peace in sight.

[Nile Post] The much-anticipated Ministerial meeting in Luanda, aimed at addressing the ongoing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ended without a consensus between Rwanda and the DRC on committing to direct talks with the M23 re...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The draft agreement to achieve peace in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), presented by Angola, in its capacity as mediator, has already been 99% negotiated, the minister of Foreign Affairs, Tete António, state...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, met Sunday in Luanda, at the Presidential Palace, with his counterpart from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Félix Tshisekedi.

[ISS] João Lourenço's Luanda peace deal seems unlikely to resolve the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

[New Times] In a country where the political stage often doubles as a circus tent, December 2024 began with President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo)--starring in a new act. Chosen title was, 'Divine Comedy: Praye...

[VOA] In Kwango, a remote part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an unknown illness continues to rage in villages, killing mostly children. So far, public health officials there have reported 143 deaths.

[allAfrica] Different parts of Africa are experiencing mpox outbreaks with multiple virus variants (clades), according to the latest WHO Situation Report:

[JusticeInfo.net] In North Kivu, the inhabitants of the villages of Maboya-Loya and Kikere have not yet seen a penny of the millions of dollars in reparations paid to Congo by Uganda for the violence perpetrated by Ugandan soldiers a quarter of a cen...

[Africa Renewal] Inventor Tommy Panzu Mbumba shares his journey in aeronautics with his latest invention the 'Safemaker'.

[Independent (Kampala)] Kinshasa, DRC -- The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with its immense natural resources and dynamic economic sectors, is fast becoming a pivotal player in Africa's economic landscape. Equity Group Holdings is leveraging it...

[United States Senate] WASHINGTON -- Following last week's announcement of over $560 million in new funding to support the Lobito Corridor project, including commitments expected to generate at least $200 million in additional private-sector capital ...

[The Herald] Following the extension of the Sadc Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo at the Extraordinary Summit of the Sadc Heads of State and Government meeting held in Harare last month, Member States have been urged to make their financia...

[U.S. Mission to the UN] Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield

[UN News] The UN Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) briefed the Security Council on Monday on recent developments, including political disagreements over constitutional reform and escalating insecurity in the east.

[Africa CDC] From 5 to 7 December, the Director General of Africa CDC, H.E. Dr. Jean Kaseya, travelled to the DRC to engage with national authorities, assess the situation on the ground, and extend Africa CDC's support in the investigation of an unkn...

[Capital FM] Congolese communities across the globe united on Monday in coordinated protests at Congolese embassies, demanding urgent international action to address the ongoing atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

[The Conversation Africa] A "mystery disease" recently struck the south-western corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), killing between 67 and 143 people over two weeks. The disease was reported to cause flu-like symptoms of fever, headache...

[RFI] Three years after Ugandan troops crossed into eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to fight rebels linked to the Islamic State, their mission has yielded mixed results, with accusations that Kampala is secretly supporting another Congolese rebe...

[allAfrica] Monrovia -- Africa continues to experience an increase in Mpox cases with hundreds of new infections confirmed in the past week, the Africa Centres for Disease Control warned in its latest update. The Africa CDC said more than 20 countrie...

[VOA] Harare, Zimbabwe -- Africa's Center for Disease Control and Prevention -- Africa CDC -- says it is working to identify a new disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has claimed at least 79 lives and infected hundreds more.

[RFI] An unknown disease has killed at least 143 people in Democratic Republic of Congo's southwestern Kwango province, with local officials warning the death toll will continue to rise.