Tag: DR CONGO

DR Congo Ebola outbreak an emergency of global concern: WHO

KINSHASA: The World Health Organisation on Wednesday declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a "public health emergency of international concern,"...

DR Congo urges calm after Ebola case in key city

KINSHASA: Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo have appealed for calm after a preacher fell ill with Ebola in the eastern city of Goma,...

10 dead in Ebola flare up in eastern DR Congo

  BENI: Ten people have died in an outbreak of Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a toll issued Friday that said...

Media curbs in DR Congo raise fears ahead of presidential vote

KINSHASA: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is clamping down on online media in a declared campaign against fake news, hate speech and cyber-crime,...

UN probe accuses DR Congo troops, militia of ‘crimes against humanity’

GENEVA: UN investigators on Tuesday accused the security forces and militia fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of committing crimes against humanity...

20 killed in DR Congo violence, including wildlife park

BENI: Twenty people have been killed in a flareup of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), including a fresh attack in the...

49 dead in new flare-up of ethnic unrest in DR Congo’s...

Ituri, DR CONGO: At least 49 people were killed in a fresh outbreak of ethnic violence overnight in the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled...

Six wounded as police fire on DR Congo opposition rally: MP

hKIKWIT: Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo Saturday fired on an opposition rally, injuring six protesters denouncing the extended rule of President Joseph Kabila,...