Blinken expected to call for release of jailed Hotel Rwanda dissident
Daughter of Paul Rusesabagina welcomes efforts of US secretary of state in Kigali on last stop of tour The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken,...
Category : Democratic Republic of the Congo
US and DRC to work together on protection of rainforest and peatlands
Antony Blinken announces formal working group during Kinshasa visit, while voicing concerns over auction of oil and gas permits The US and the Democratic Republic...
Death toll reaches 36 in eastern DRC as protesters turn on UN peacekeepers
With elections due next year, analysts fear political motives could be driving the rising violence and tensions in the region Fears of a new wave...
At least 15 killed in second day of anti-UN violence in DRC
Protesters and United Nations personnel among dead after incidents that left about 50 injured At least 15 people were killed and about 50 wounded during...
DRC to auction oil and gas permits in endangered gorilla habitat
Sale calls into question protection deal signed at Cop26 as expert warns Congo auction could be a catastrophe for wildlife, health and climate The Democratic...
Weatherwatch: ‘evil wind’ around African lake that can be deadly
Phenomenon at Lake Kivu happens when CO2 from volcanic activity leaks through cracks in the ground The Swahili word mazuku means roughly “evil wind” and...
DRC buries independence hero Patrice Lumumba’s only known remains
Coffin containing tooth is buried in ceremony on 62nd anniversary of DRC’s independence The family of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s murdered independence hero,...
At least 27 civilians killed by rebels in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Army and Red Cross said the notorious Allied Democratic Forces were behind the attack in the country’s east At least 27 civilians have been killed...
‘You hear bullets, you run’: Congolese refugees stream over Uganda’s border
As thousands flee the latest fighting in DRC to join 1.5m already in Uganda, the UN’s food aid agency is stretched as never before The...
Médecins Sans Frontières apologises for using images of child rape survivor
Medical charity’s president calls publication of controversial photographs ‘a mistake’ and says guidelines will be tightened The international president of Médecins Sans Frontières has apologised...
