The authorities have declared 1 February a public holiday in the capital Kinshasa, a decision aimed at allowing Catholic citizens to attend a mass presided over by Pope Francis at Ndolo airport

Judith Suminwa has been appointed as prime minister, the first time a woman has assumed government leadership

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

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