Democratic Republic of Congo

D.R. Congo's mining capital is at the heart of Biden's bid to counter China in Africa

6:00am December 04, 2024

by Emmet Livingstone

Kolwezi has some of the world's largest copper and cobalt reserves and that makes it a key location at the heart of the U.S. and China's jostle for mineral supremacy on the African continent.

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50 years on, D.R. Congo commemorates boxing's 'Rumble in the Jungle'

4:15pm October 31, 2024

The historic fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman is still revered as a cherished moment in the central African country's troubled history and has spurred an enduring love of boxing.

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Why this country is seeing a 'staggering' increase in the number of rapes

1:58pm October 22, 2024

New reports from Physicians for Human Rights and Doctors Without Borders document a "massive influx" of sexual violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. What can be done to stop it?

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The Nkamira Transit Center in western Rwanda is home to more than 6,000 refugees who fled violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Violence in eastern Congo has displaced millions. Some end up at this camp

9:33am April 05, 2024

The Nkamira Transit Center is home to thousands of refugees who fled violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The decades-long conflict is a legacy of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

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A million people celebrated a papal mass in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital on the second day of Pope Francis' visit to the conflict-torn country.

Pope Francis celebrates Mass with million faithful in Democratic Republic of Congo

3:46pm February 01, 2023

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

A rapturous reception as Pope Francis celebrates Mass with a million worshipers in the capital Kinshasa.

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Bystanders look on as Pope Francis travels by popemobile as he departs the airport in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Pope Francis is in Democratic Republic of Congo, its first papal visit since 1985

12:21pm January 31, 2023

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

His trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan will highlight the long-running conflicts in both countries and the rising importance of Africa to the future of the Catholic Church.

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This photo from July, 1960 shows Patrice Lumumba. He was assassinated 6 months later.

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Belgium returned a single tooth to the Congo this week. Here's why

10:55am June 21, 2022

Patrice Lumumba was the first democratically elected prime minister of the Congo, and was assassinated in a Belgian-supported coup. Can the return of his remains help them reconcile over colonialism?

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A report issued by the World Health Organization this week detailed 83 allegations of sexual abuse by its employees during the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo that started in 2018. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called it a "

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World Health Organization Says Its Staff Perpetrated "Harrowing" Sexual Abuse In Congo

5:45pm September 29, 2021

by Jason Beaubien

It was during the Ebola crisis and was first reported in 2020 by The New Humanitarian. Now WHO has issued its own report, citing 83 allegations. And it's drawing criticism for investigating itself.

Claude Mabowa, pictured in 2019, is an Ebola survivor from Congo who lost family members to the virus.

Ebola Never Went Away. But Now There's A Drug To Treat It

5:02pm October 20, 2020

by Jason Beaubien

Regeneron — the pharmaceutical company developing COVID-19 treatments — has received FDA approval for the first drug aimed at another infectious disease that's been in the headlines.

Kathungu Kinyatole plants a tree to honor a loved one she lost to the Ebola virus.

Alternative Mourning Rituals Offer Comfort And Closure During An Outbreak

3:33pm April 02, 2020

A program in the Democratic Republic of Congo has helped survivors mourn the loss of a loved one to Ebola — and may be relevant for families coping with death in the COVID-19 pandemic.