A new assessment by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) warned on Tuesday that the Ebola crisis could push 985,000 more people into povert...
A new UNDP assessment warns the outbreak could cost the DRC more than $1 billion, eliminate 55,000 jobs and trigger billions in economic losses across...
DRC accuses Rwanda of massacres, extrajudicial killings, torture, sexual violence, forced displacement and ethnic discrimination.
DRC’s eastern provinces continue to experience persistent conflict, while much of the wealth generated from cobalt, copper and other minerals has not...
Kinshasa said it had contacted French authorities to facilitate the tracing and monitoring of contacts who may have been exposed in the DRC and to coo...
DR Congo currently hosts 196,289 Rwandan refugees and asylum seekers, including 75,421 who have been biometrically registered, while Rwanda hosts 84,4...
A total of 363 patients were in isolation as of Sunday, while 48 patients had recovered since the start of the outbreak.
The current outbreak, officially declared on May 15 by the DRC's health ministry, is the country's 17th Ebola outbreak since the virus was identified...
The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, has so far affected 29 health zones across three eastern provinces: Ituri, North Kiv...
Kabila said the proposal, which he described as an attempt at the Sudanization of the country, undermines the social contract and must be challenged b...
The Sunday attacks were carried out against the village of Ilundu/Basita in South Kivu province by the Congolese army and their allied Burundian force...
The DRC holds a unique position in the global economy. It produces almost three-quarters of global cobalt output and also contains substantial deposit...
The outbreak has reached 282 confirmed cases and 42 deaths, with 22 health zones affected across eastern DRC.
East African health ministers to hold emergency virtual meeting on June 1–2 as DRC and Uganda battle Ebola outbreak, with focus on regional coordinati...
Representatives of Rwanda and DR Congo met in Washington on April 23 for the fifth session of the Joint Oversight Committee to assess progress in impl...
The appeal comes just weeks before the tournament kicks off across the US, Canada and Mexico, with DRC preparing for its first World Cup appearance in...
Health experts have warned the world is seeing just the "top of the iceberg" as the deadly Ebola outbreak spreads. Meanwhile, India and the African Un...
Ebola primarily spreads through contact with bodily fluids such as blood, faeces and vomit. It can be contracted from contaminated surfaces or contact...
The latest outbreak, which has affected parts of eastern DRC and neighbouring Uganda, involves the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, a variant that cur...
The incubation period for Ebola, the time between exposure to the virus and the appearance of the first symptoms, can go up to 21 days.
Health authorities in the DRC have so far reported about 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths, mainly in the Mongwalu and Rwampara health zones in Ituri...
Preliminary laboratory results from the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB) have detected Ebola virus in 13 of 20 samples tested.
President Ruto said regional countries carry a collective responsibility for peace in the DRC “whether we like each other or not”.
The rights group also reported that two journalists went into hiding after intelligence agents allegedly searched for them following critical remarks...
The prolonged diplomatic impasse suggests political trust between Nairobi and Kinshasa remains severely fractured, with no visible breakthrough in sig...
The EAC has both the platform and responsibility to reject and counter this ideology. Failure to act now risks allowing it to entrench further, at a f...
Uganda abolished visa requirements for DRC citizens on January 1, 2024, to foster trade and regional integration following the DRC's admission to the...
Tshisekedi first took office in 2019 and won re-election in late 2023. Under the DRC's current constitution, his second term is due to end in 2028, an...
They demanded that the US administration pressure the Congolese government to stop violence committed by its army and allied militias.
