Dr Congo

East African leaders to hold talks on DR Congo unrest

The talks are being hosted in Bujumbura by the East Africa Community, which is leading mediation efforts to end the resurgent fighting in the restive east of the giant central African nation

EU urges Rwanda to stop supporting M23 rebels in DR Congo

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that the European bloc had urged Rwanda to 'stop supporting the M23 and use all means to press the M23 to comply with the decisions taken by the EAC (East African Community)' and at a November summit in Angola

UN experts point to Rwandan role in east DR Congo rebel crisis

The experts said there was 'substantial evidence' that the Rwandan army directly intervened in Congo's fight against M23 rebels, and that it had supported the group with weapons, ammunition and uniforms

Two killed as UN peacekeepers open fire at DR Congo-Uganda border post

Video of the incident showed men, at least one in police uniform and another in army uniform, advancing towards the immobilised UN convoy behind a closed barrier in Kasindi. The town is in eastern DR Congo's Beni territory on the border with Uganda

DR Congo: Five killed as anti-United Nations protests spread to multiple cities

UN mission in Democratic Republic of Congo, known as MONUSCO, is one of the world's biggest peacekeeping operations. But it has regularly come under criticism in the troubled east, where many accuse it of failing to do enough to stem decades-long bloodshed

Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio killed in Congo during attack on UN food aid convoy

Attanasio, 43, had been representing Italy in Kinshasa since 2017. He joined the diplomatic service in 2003 and served previously in Switzerland, Morocco and Nigeria

Latest Ebola outbreak in Congo kills over 500; govt says new vaccination programme saved ‘thousands’

More than 500 people have died from the latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but a vaccination programme has prevented thousands more deaths, the country's health minister told AFP.

Ebola deaths in Democratic Republic of the Congo rise to 55; 1,609 people feared to have contracted virus

Beni's mayor Jean Edmond Nyonyi Masumbuko Bwanakawa announced that the government had decided to make treatment free in Beni, Mabalako-Mangina and Oicha for three months.

International friendlies: World-Cup bound Nigeria show promise, but held at home to DR Congo

World Cup-bound Nigeria showed early promise but were held to a 1-1 friendly draw by DR Congo at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt on Monday

FIFA World Cup 2018: Nigeria hopeful of midfielder Wilfred Ndidi's return from injury before mega event

Wilfred Ndidi, 21, is nursing a hamstring injury and is expected to be out of action for several weeks.