DR Congo

For over 25 years, the Allied Democratic Forces ADF) terror group which fled away from Uganda has meted violence against the innocent civilians in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo hindered. Since the late 1990s, the ADF has…

A growing campaign for justice for war victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused fresh tensions with neighbouring Rwanda and its leader Paul Kagame whose troops took part in two invasions in the 1990s. In an interview with…

The Ministry of Health has received the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who came to assess Uganda’s response to the current Ebola outbreak in Kasese District, Western Uganda last week.…

ISIS claimed its first-ever attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo, SITE Intelligence director Rita Katz tweeted, citing the Islamic State’s news agency Amaq. The alleged attack targeted the Congolese army in the town of Kamango near…

By AFP DR Congo's recently elected president, Felix Tshisekedi and his predecessor Joseph Kabila on Wednesday said they had decided to form a coalition government following talks. Despite Tshisekedi's election—the first peaceful…

Opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi was sworn in on Thursday as president of Democratic Republic of Congo, marking the country's first-ever peaceful handover of power after chaotic and bitterly-disputed elections. Tshisekedi took the…

The African Union and the EU on Tuesday signalled their willingness to accept the official results of DR Congo's presidential election, despite bitter protests by the runner-up. Felix Tshisekedi is expected to be sworn in as president on…

The United States of America has deployed troops to Gabon in anticipation of violent protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo. France, on the other hand, already has violent protests but no similar action has been taken. Trump once…

Polls have opened in Africa's second largest country in an election delayed for more than two years. Close to 40m people are eligible to vote in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where President Joseph Kabila - in power since 2001 - is…