Home to nearly one million people, Bunia is the latest Congolese city to report an Ebola infection
A French court will on Monday announce a verdict in the trial in absentia of the Congolese music star, accused of sexual assaulting his dancers
The ongoing Ebola outbreak is the 10th in the country’s history and the second largest ever recorded worldwide.
The stalemate has put a brake on Tshisekedi’s declared ambitions of reforming a country marked by corruption and rights abuses.
Rwanda’s president put everything into reforming the organisation, with mixed results
In a welcome development, the Constitutional Court has found that foreigners can apply for citizenship by naturalisation after five years
Social media has changed the way wars are fought and oppression is resisted, resulting in governments disrupting connectivity
The DRC’s former president has his eye on a long-term goal — to become of member of the Class of 2034 of lifelong leaders
In his first speech since the December 30 presidential election, Kabila said he was ‘calling for a grand coalition of all the progressive forces’
Announcing the final results of the much-delayed poll, the Constitutional Court said Tshisekedi had won by a simple majority
Aid has never been just about helping people. It’s also about gaining influence and exercising soft power
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Constitutional Court said it would start hearing on Tuesday an appeal against the presidential election results
Central Africa’s giant holds the continent’s richest mineral wealth, yet its economy remains woefully underdeveloped and its people impoverished
Known as the ‘people’s soldier’, Fayulu is challenging the DRC’s December 30 election results
But there are fears that Felix has been co-opted by Joseph Kabila, who controls the electoral commission
A five-minute history of the country since independence
Instead, it masks the paucity of effective government and is not resulting in development
Efforts to pull off democratic elections that could pass muster in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are hanging by a thread
The DRC has never had a peaceful transition of power since independence from Belgium in 1960, and bloodshed marred elections in 2006 and 2011
The vote crowns two years of turmoil, sharpening worries that the fragile giant of central Africa may once more spiral into violence
Presidential, legislative and provincial elections had been scheduled for Sunday but on Thursday the election commission ordered the postponement
Twenty-one candidates are running to replace Kabila, whose hand-picked successor Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary is one of the front-runners
The gynecologist was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in helping victims of sexual violence in the DRC
The president who overstayed his mandate by two years does not rule out seeking the top job again after a break
The Congolese doctor won the Nobel prize for his work to end sexual violence in war and is considered an expert on gang rape in conflict
The Congolese capital does not have a functioning garbage collection system. Consequences for the health of the "Kinois" are catastrophic
Civil liberties are eroding in six out of 10 countries, according to a new report
At stake in the vote is political stewardship of a mineral-rich country that has never known a peaceful transition of power since independence
With little over a month to go, the Congolese opposition is in disarray
Eight African cities featured in the 2018 Climate Vulnerability Index
It’s a war, despite all the setbacks, that the UN is winning — that the UN, even if it shies away from using the “W” word, must win.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has not known a peaceful transition of power since independence from Belgium in 1960