Democratic Republic of Congo

Rwanda-backed rebels tell residents of captured eastern Congolese city they are safe

1:49am February 07, 2025

The rebels continued advances in eastern Congo despite their own announcement of a cease-fire. The U.N. secretary-general called for them to lay down their guns and agree to mediation.

5 things to know about the fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo

6:22pm January 31, 2025

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to claim more territory in one of the world's most mineral-rich territories.

International peacekeepers killed as fighting rages around eastern Congo's key city

5:51am January 26, 2025

Fighting with M23 rebels in eastern Congo has left at least 13 peacekeepers and foreign soldiers dead. M23 has made significant territorial gains in recent weeks, encircling the eastern city of Goma.

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What was 'Disease X' and what can we learn from it?

10:52am December 31, 2024

Four weeks after a puzzling outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization has identified the cause.

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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