Rebel forces backed by Rwanda have captured the town of Masisi in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to various reports. This is the second town seized by the M23 group in as ...

But the mysterious flu-like disease that has killed more than 143 people — mainly women and young children — in the Democratic Republic of Congo has finally been identified. "The mystery has ...

Fighting between the Congolese army and the M23 rebel group intensified in eastern Congo in recent days ahead of much anticipated peace talks on Sunday, the army said. In a statement on Friday ...

Several blocks put up for auction in 2021 were located in the heart of the Congo Basin rainforest - in some cases overlapping Salonga National Park and areas of carbon-rich peatlands. Having ...

PARIS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints against Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab subsidiaries in France and Belgium, accusing the tech firm of using ...

Werra Maulu Botey, in black polo shirt, with the coffin of his daughter, Olive, who had just died of measles, as they waited to bury her in Équateur Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

"The mystery has finally been solved," Congo's health ministry declared in a statement on Tuesday. "It's a case of severe malaria in the form of a respiratory illness." The health agency said ...

Talks due Sunday between the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to end conflict in the eastern DRC were called off after negotiations deadlocked, officials said. Since 2021 a ...

Congo, which is as big as the US states of Alaska and Texas combined, reported another 147 cases of the flu-like illness dubbed “Disease X” in the past week, Africa Centres for Disease Control ...

A mysterious disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo has infected more than 400 people and killed more than 30, mostly children, according to the World Health Organization. The WHO was ...

A mysterious illness outbreak that has sickened at least 416 people and killed 31 in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of Congo may be at least partly caused by malaria, health officials ...

The mineral-rich east of DR Congo has seen years of conflict often fuelled by what lies underneath the ground The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints in France and Belgium ...