DRC Qatar talks Stories

Rwanda backs Qatar at UN, demands accountability for Israeli strikes
New Times  |  Sep 17, 2025

The strikes, which targeted senior Hamas leaders in the Qatari capital, had earlier drawn condemnation from Kigali.

How critical minerals contribute to instability in Africa
DW News  |  Sep 17, 2025

The race to mine critical minerals has fed instability across Africa, whether displacing residents to increase extraction or upping the stakes in arme...

Massive trenches are swallowing homes across the DRC
DW News  |  Sep 17, 2025

Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk as giant trenches, known as "gullies," tear through the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Researchers attr...

WHO begins Ebola vaccinations in DRC’s Kasai Province amid first outbreak in three years
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 14, 2025

The DRC Health Ministry reports 32 suspected Ebola cases, including 20 confirmed infections and 16 deaths, with a new case 70 kilometres from Bulape r...

At least 193 dead in two separate boat accidents in Congo River
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 13, 2025

Civil society groups in the region say the actual death toll may be higher and have blamed government negligence for the tragedies.

Kenya’s Ambassador to DRC ordered to repay Sh1.8 Million over irregular KMTC appointment
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 13, 2025

Ambassador Peter Tum has been given 30 days to remit the full amount to KMTC or provide evidence of payment or an approved repayment plan.

Over 100 killed as canoe capsizes in northwestern DR Congo
XINHUA  |  Sep 12, 2025

Local news outlets reported a death toll of 86, including 60 students. The DRC government has not yet released an official statement on the accident.

WHO delivers emergency supplies as new Ebola outbreak hits DR Congo’s Kasai Province
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 07, 2025

Last week, DRC authorities reported that at least 15 people had died in Kasai following the outbreak of Ebola, a highly contagious haemorrhagic fever...

DRC’s Joseph Kabila is on trial for treason: What case against the former Congolese president is all about
The Conversation  |  Sep 07, 2025

President Tshisekedi must tread carefully, as Kabila’s remaining loyalists, though fewer in number, could grow bolder in challenging his leadership.

DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of violence
UN News  |  Sep 06, 2025

The dramatic liquidity crisis currently impacting the UN and its global partners has already prevented a high-level human rights probe into the DRC em...

Rwanda calls Human Rights Watch's count of new graves at military cemetery "disrespectful"
XINHUA  |  Sep 06, 2025

According to the HRW, 1,171 new graves were recorded between 2022 and 2025, the increase coinciding with the M23 armed group's offensive on Goma and B...

Uganda on alert after Ebola outbreak in neighbouring DRC
XINHUA  |  Sep 06, 2025

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that infections could rise further in the new outbreak in the DRC's south-central province of Kasai, th...

DR Congo: All sides may be guilty of war crimes - UN probe
DW News  |  Sep 06, 2025

Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo and M23 rebels committed "horrific" violations that could amount to crimes against humanity, according to t...

Health authorities launch 10-day mpox vaccination drive at Malaba border
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 05, 2025

The exercise comes as Busia County continues to record a rising number of mpox cases, highlighting the need for urgent preventive action.

Ebola outbreak in DRC’s Kasai Province kills 16, health workers among victims
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 04, 2025

In a statement on Thursday, the DRC Ministry of Public Health reported 28 suspected cases, including four health workers who died while treating patie...

DR Congo: The doctor who couldn’t leave Goma amid M23 takeover
UN News  |  Sep 04, 2025

Gunfire tore through the dark. Night after night, the 44-year-old physician from Guinea clung to the hope that the besieged city would hold somehow. T...

Rwanda, DRC commit to fast-track full implementation of June peace agreement
Mary Wambui  |  Sep 04, 2025

The move forms part of a series of measures aimed at ensuring adherence to the peace accord, also referred to as the Washington Accord, which commits...

Ex-DRC justice minister Mutamba jailed for Sh2.6 billion scandal: Political witch-hunt or genuine anti-graft drive?
DW News  |  Sep 03, 2025

Mutamba vowed to come down hard on embezzlers. Now, he has been sentenced to three years, with hard labour, for allegedly stealing funds intended for...

Qatar pledges Sh2.7 trillion investment in DR Congo as it mediates peace talks
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 03, 2025

The DRC deal follows a major tour by Al Mansour Holding across southern Africa in August, during which it pledged $70 billion (Sh9 trillion) across fo...

Kinshasa court jails ex-Justice Minister Mutamba over Sh2.5 billion corruption scandal
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 03, 2025

Prosecutors argued that the money was diverted from a fund intended to pay reparations to victims of the 2000 clashes between Ugandan and Rwandan troo...

President Felix Tshisekedi says 'no dialogue outside' DR Congo
New Times  |  Sep 03, 2025

The Washington-brokered peace agreement signed with Rwanda in late June is in its implementation phase and the Qatar-mediated talks resumed on August...

Landslides and mudslides: Why they happen
DW News  |  Sep 03, 2025

Non-stop rain in Sudan caused a landslide to cover an entire village. The science of these natural disasters is simple. Preventing them is possible.

DRC’s latest peace deal is breaking down and it isn’t the first – What’s being done wrong
The Conversation  |  Sep 02, 2025

The conflict in eastern DRC has escalated, displacing over 7.8 million people and leaving 28 million more facing food insecurity, nearly four million...

Inside Islamic State massacres in eastern DRC: Who are the killers and why target civilians?
The Conversation  |  Aug 31, 2025

Islamic State’s Central African Province may appear to be resurging after its latest civilian attacks, but the violence more likely reflects a rebound...

UNHCR data shows steady rise in refugee numbers in Kenya
Mary Wambui  |  Aug 30, 2025

Regarding their place of origin, Somalia remains the leading source of refugees to Kenya, followed by South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo...

DRC, M23 rebels resume peace talks in Qatar amid renewed fighting
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 26, 2025

The two delegations had arrived in Doha to revive a truce signed earlier this year that had not been fully implemented.

532 Rwandan refugees return home from DRC following voluntary repatriation agreement
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 25, 2025

As of May 2023, more than 208,000 Rwandan refugees were hosted in the DRC, while an estimated 81,000 Congolese refugees lived in Rwanda.

DR Congo prosecutor seeks death penalty for ex-President Joseph Kabila
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Aug 23, 2025

The charges also relate to alleged crimes against humanity, including massacres of civilians in eastern Congo.

DR Congo: Rising insecurity in the east impedes diplomatic progress, Security Council hears
UN News  |  Aug 23, 2025

The DRC is currently facing one of the most acute humanitarian emergencies in the world, with food insecurity on the rise and 5.9 million Congolese cu...

Rwanda rejects Human Rights Watch allegations of backing M23 killings in DRC
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Aug 22, 2025

Rwanda dismissed these allegations as hastily released and lacking credible investigation, claiming they were designed to promote a predetermined narr...

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