The new and aggressive strain of the potentially deadly mpox virus is spreading rapidly among children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi, with cases more than doubling since a ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Emile Miango, de 2 años de edad y paciente con viruela símica, el 4 de septiembre de 2024, en un hospital ...

Congolese political and civil society leaders Saturday announced an alliance to rally against constitutional changes they are meant to ensure President Felix Tshisekedi keeps power indefinitely.

WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - The United States is "gravely concerned" by ceasefire violations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by M23 rebels, the State Department said on Friday.

The people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) bear heavy burdens. Their resource-rich country is one of the five poorest in the world. Profound insecurity characterizes the country’s east ...

MORE THAN a decade ago the Republic of Congo, an oil-producing country of 6m people in central Africa, wanted to improve its decrepit health-care infrastructure. It paid €491m (then worth $658m ...

the intensifying mpox outbreak places additional strain on the Democratic Republic of Congo and surrounding African nations; heightened security tensions spur the United States, keeping nuclear ...

FILE - 2 year old Emile Miango, who has mpox, lies in a hospital, in Kamituga, South Kivu province, Sept. 4, 2024, which is the epicenter of the world’s latest outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo ...

Bafana Bafana proved far too strong for Congo in their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Friday, 11 October. Hugo Broos’s men won 5-0. Teboho ...

M23 rebels are accused of setting up a parallel administration in eastern DR Congo Uganda is backing M23 rebels fighting across its border in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UN experts say ...

Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo erupted three decades ago and has left more than six million dead and forced 4.5 million from their homes. In the past year, violence has increased ...