At least 188.000 people have fled their villages since 20 October to quieter areas of North Kivu

Following the seriousness of the latest deadly incidents, Kinshasa and Brazzaville committed to revising Navigation Regulations of the river Congo, promptly strengthening cooperation on river safety and launching a review of bilateral agreements

A surge in brutal attacks on civilians by armed groups, allegedly including the M23 militia and Rwanda Defence Force, in North Kivu; the UN said it received accounts of at least 319 civilians killed, most while attending to their agriculture tasks

Hackathon “AI Champions League: Empowering Future Leaders” will be held in Kinshasa with university teams developing AI solutions for MSME; organizer Mr. Okalobé, a Silicon Valley cloud engineer, says his mission is to train 10 million Africans in AI

The country celebrated the 100th anniversary of Patrice Lumumba’s birth with an official ceremony at the mausoleum where his remains are housed in Kinshasa; he was a revolutionary and a national hero whose assassination in 1961 shocked the world