Business DRC to beef up security at uranium mine for WWII era bombs Lubumbashi – Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo say they will beef up security against illegal mining at a... Read more 1 Sep, 2021
News DRC court upholds rape convictions of 19 police, soldiers Bukavu – A Congolese military court has upheld the rape convictions of eight policemen and 11 soldiers, a court official... Read more 1 Sep, 2021
Politics ‘Islamist militants’ kidnap 11 children in northeastern DRC Bunia – Eleven children aged nine to 17, including five girls, have been kidnapped by presumed Islamist rebels in... Read more 31 Aug, 2021
Politics 19 civilians burned, hacked to death in DRC by Islamic State-linked militants Beni – Nineteen civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo were burned and hacked to death on Friday by... Read more 29 Aug, 2021
Coronavirus DRC former health minister held over Covid funds fraud Kinshasa – Former Democratic Republic of Congo health minister Eteni Longondo was detained on Friday over the alleged misappropriation of... Read more 28 Aug, 2021
News New birth of a mountain gorilla in DRC’s Virunga park Goma – Democratic Republic of Congo’s famed Virunga National Park announced on Friday the birth of a mountain gorilla... Read more 28 Aug, 2021
Politics Feared rebels slaughter 4 men, 1 woman in attack in DRC village Beni – A rebel organisation feared to have linked up with the Islamic State group on Friday killed five villagers... Read more 28 Aug, 2021
News Congolese children trade life as miners for a chance at school Kipushi – Lined up under a hot sun in Kipushi, a mining city in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo,... Read more 27 Aug, 2021
Business DRC seeks $58 billion to rebuild industry Kinshasa – The Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday announced a plan to re-industrialise the resource-rich but impoverished African... Read more 27 Aug, 2021
Business DRC auditor accuses governor of siphoning off $8.7m Matadi – Democratic Republic of Congo’s auditors have accused a provincial governor of siphoning off $8.7 million, attacking a budgetary... Read more 26 Aug, 2021