Weather tracker: rain batters Argentina and DRC as fog shrouds India and Pakistan
Turkey also affected by fog, with 10 killed and 57 injured in serious road crash involving three buses During the Christmas period, parts of South...
Category : Democratic Republic of the Congo
Attack by rebels in western Burundi leaves 20 dead
Red-Tabara group claims responsibility for assault in Vugizo that killed 12 children, three women and five men An attack by rebels in western Burundi has...
Questions over DRC election remain as voting is extended into second day
Church observers allege further irregularities after difficult polling day, but main opposition leader declines to join call for rerun Voters in the Democratic Republic of...
DR Congo elections: polls open amid delays and conflict in east of country
Voting begins after delays in getting election materials to tens of thousands of polling booths on time Polling stations have opened in a high-stakes general...
Opposition candidates jostle for position before DRC election
Contenders yet to unite around a single figure who could challenge incumbent Félix Tshisekedi Africa’s fourth most populous country, the mineral-rich Democratic Republic of the...
DRC offers free maternity care to cut death rate among mothers and babies
Healthcare workers say clinics are being overwhelmed by women seeking help, amid lack of staff and facilities to back programme Pregnant women across the Democratic...
Denis Mukwege announces plans to run for president of DRC
Gynaecologist won the Nobel peace prize in 2018 for his campaign against sexual violence The Nobel peace prize-winning gynaecologist Denis Mukwege, renowned for helping victims...
Sewage technique cuts time to detect polio in half, study finds
Outbreaks may be addressed sooner by avoiding need for sending stool samples abroad Polio could be detected in wastewater in half the time using a...
Destruction of world’s pristine rainforests soared in 2022 despite Cop26 pledge
An area of primary rainforest the size of Switzerland was felled last year suggesting world leaders’ commitment to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030 is...
At least 41 people dead after IS-linked attack on Uganda school
Militants believed to be Allied Democratic Forces abducted others in attack on secondary school in Mpondwe Militants linked to Islamic State reportedly killed at least...
