Efforts to pull off democratic elections that could pass muster in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are hanging by a thread
The December 30 vote saw 21 candidates run to replace President Joseph Kabila, who has ruled the vast, conflict-ridden country for almost 18 years
The DRC has never had a peaceful transition of power since independence from Belgium in 1960, and bloodshed marred elections in 2006 and 2011
Twenty-one candidates are contending the presidential elections
Even as the DRC prepares to vote on its future, it is impossible to escape its past. And once you start looking for ghosts, you see them everywhere
The president who overstayed his mandate by two years does not rule out seeking the top job again after a break
The Congolese capital does not have a functioning garbage collection system. Consequences for the health of the "Kinois" are catastrophic
At the African forensics school, students learn to manage death with dignity
Over 200 people have died in the worst outbreak of Ebola on record in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The minister has taken issue with a meeting of DRC leaders that excluded the ruling party
Our computers and phones keep us connected but a key ingredient in them keeps children as young as six locked in a vicious cycle for about R26 a day.
Political tensions are rising in the DRC before the long-delayed December 23 election to select a successor to President Joseph Kabila
Fighting in Kivu, a region in the east of the vast powder-keg state of the Democratic Republic of Congo, first flared a generation ago
South Africa and the DRC have enjoyed a cordial relationship for years but things seem to be on shaky ground
East Africa is home to some of the largest and deepest lakes in the world. But many of them also mark the borders between countries
The DRC’s election commission ruled out Bemba running on the basis that he was "convicted by the International Criminal Court" for bribing witnesses
The number of suspected Ebola cases in eastern DRC has risen to 73 as ongoing conflicts in the region stymie containment efforts
Emmanuel Shadary is President Joseph Kabila’s preferred presidential candidate meaning that Kabila could remain in power if not in office
Health officials say they will begin administering an experimental vaccine following an Ebola outbreak last week
Our readers write in about Global Citizen and the Dutch Reformed Church
Lessons learnt in the 2013-2015 epidemic in West Africa helped limit the highly contagious disease
The spread of the outbreak to Mbandaka roused the concern of the health ministry and other public health organisations
Jean-Pierre Bemba is a man with a past. Once accused of crimes against humanity, he is now making a play for the DRC’s presidency
The mining company was reportedly subpoenaed by the US department
The Swiss-based corporation said it was being probed by the US in a corruption investigation linked to its business in Nigeria, Venezuela and the DRC
Our readers write in about an unfairly represented judge, the Democratic Republic of Congo and cellphone masts
The latest outbreak is in a city and next to the Congo River, factors that increase the risk of it spreading rapidly
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has a clear "potential to expand", WHO warned on Wednesday
WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is optimistic the health organisation — along with its partners — will be able to beat the virus
Ballooning national debt threatens to precipitate another sub-Saharan debt crisis
President Joseph Kabila’s opponents want Cyril Ramaphosa and SADC to take a much stronger line
Joseph Kabila was supposed to step down as president of the DRC at the end of 2016. He refused. But there is hope of ending the stalemate