Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo The hashtag #AllEyesOnCongo is drawing renewed global attention to the situation in the nation, which is being torn apart by a terrible and protracted conflict with millions of victims and displaced people
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi was sworn in for a second term, thus a government can be formed after six months of vacancy; he will now have to present his programme, including budget proposals, to the National Council
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo A funeral was held for the victims of recent bombings at several internally displaced persons sites in the eastern province of North Kivu that left dozens dead
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo UNHCR and UNICEF strongly condemned the shelling that took place in three internally displaced persons camps in North Kivu, in the east of the country, with dozens of casualties and shelters and humanitarian facilities destroyed
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo The world is forgetting the escalating violence in eastern Congo, the UN human rights chief said as he visited the region and called for peace and support for millions of displaced people
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo One of the first in-depth studies of the environmental and human rights impacts of industrial cobalt mining in the country reveals that toxic pollution from the industryis having devastating impacts on humans and nature
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Judith Suminwa has been appointed as prime minister, the first time a woman has assumed government leadership
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo The government announced the end of the 2003 moratorium on the death penalty, paving the way for the resumption of executions
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Congolese physician Denis Mukwege, 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has published an open letter calling on the United Nations to postpone the withdrawal of the multinational Monusco force from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo The UN Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, deployed for 25 years, has begun its final withdrawal from the province of South Kivu, prey to the violence of armed groups
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo The country announced the inauguration of its first liquefied natural gas carrier, in the frame of DRC's aspirations to expand its export capacity
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Some 500.000 people have lost their homes after the country suffered its worst flooding in decades, whose torrential rains brought the Congo River to its highest level in 60 years
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo The African Football Confederation has rejected an application from Congolese players to wear a black armband in the African Cup of Nations semi-final as a tribute to the victims of the war in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo