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The Democratic Republic of Congo has accusing Apple of using conflict minerals in its supply chain

Congo files criminal complaints against Apple in Europe

The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints against Apple subsidiaries in France and Belgium, accusing the tech firm of using conflict minerals in its supply chain, lawyers for the Congolese government told Reuters.

Business • 17 Dec 24

The UN said the violence had displaced some six million people inside the DRC

More than 1,300 killed in DR Congo violence: UN

The UN rights chief decried surging violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with rampant sexual violence and more than 1,300 people, including over 100 children, killed since October.

World • 30 Mar 23

Luca Attanasio was evacuated after park rangers intervened, but later died of his injuries

Italian ambassador killed in attack in eastern DR Congo

Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and two other people have been killed in an attack on a UN convoy in eastern Congo.

World • 22 Feb 21

There is another Ebola outbreak in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo which has killed 2,280 people since August 2018

Fresh Ebola outbreak reported in DR Congo

A fresh Ebola outbreak has been reported in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the country's health ministry.

World • 01 Jun 20

Health workers don protective equipment before a funeral in the North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in August

Second Ebola vaccine introduced in DR Congo

The Democratic Republic of Congo has introduced a second vaccine to fight a 15-month-old epidemic of Ebola in the east of the country, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said.

World • 14 Nov 19

Bosco Ntaganda was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity

Congolese 'Terminator' warlord given 30-year sentence

The International Criminal Court has sentenced a former Congolese military leader to 30 years in prison for atrocities including murder, rape and conscripting child soldiers.

World • 07 Nov 19

Despite effective vaccine and treatments, health workers have struggled to control the disease

DR Congo Ebola death toll passes 2,000

The death toll from Democratic Republic of Congo's year-long Ebola outbreak has climbed above 2,000, government data showed today, as responders battle to overcome community mistrust and widespread security problems.

World • 30 Aug 19

More than 1,800 people have died in DR Congo since Ebola broke out there in August last year

Two Ebola drugs found to increase survival rates

Scientists are a step closer to an effective treatment for Ebola after two drugs in a clinical trial were found to significantly boost survival rates, according to the US health authority co-funding the research.

World • 13 Aug 19

The haemorrhagic virus outbreak has largely been contained in remote parts of DR Congo

Ebola patient in DR Congo city of Goma has died

The first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma has died, the governor of North Kivu province has said.

World • 16 Jul 19

Children in DRC are key to spreading the word back in their homes and villages

Education key to tackling ebola in DRC

A group of locals sit on a row of benches under a corrugated iron shelter as a stranger holds up buckets and packets of soaps.

World • 20 Jun 19

The Ebola Treatment Centre in Beni has dealt with 305 cases of the disease

Inside a DRC Ebola treatment centre

A small boy enters an Ebola treatment centre under a cloud of suspicion, fear and desperation - and leaves a month later to the huge relief of his family.

World • 19 Jun 19

The current Ebola crisis has recorded more than 2,000 cases, two-thirds of them deadly

WHO stops short of declaring international emergency

A World Health Organization panel decided not to declare an international emergency over Congo's Ebola outbreak despite its spread to Uganda this week, concluding such a declaration could cause too much economic harm.

World • 14 Jun 19

Medical staff of an Ebola Treatment Unit in western Uganda prepare for work

Second Ebola patient dies in Uganda

A 50-year-old woman and her five-year-old grandson have died from Ebola in Uganda, days after returning from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.

World • 13 Jun 19

More than 2,000 cases have been recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo

WHO to hold emergency meeting on Ebola in East Africa

The World Health Organization has said a key emergency committee would meet following confirmation that an Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo had spread to neighbouring Uganda.

World • 12 Jun 19

1,346 people have been killed by Ebola in the DRC since the outbreak was detected in August last year

More than 2,000 Ebola cases recorded in DR Congo

The number of Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to over 2,000, according to new government figures that show the growth of the epidemic is gaining pace.

World • 05 Jun 19

UN sent a special investigative mission that found inter-communal attacks had been planned and carried out.

Congo killings possible crimes against humanity - UN

The verified deaths of at least 535 men, women and children in fighting between two communities in Democratic Republic of Congo in December may amount to crimes against humanity, the UN human rights office has said.

World • 12 Mar 19

The Constitutional Court said Felix Tshisekedi had won by a simple majority

Political standoff in DR Congo deepens after verdict

A political standoff in the Democratic Republic of Congo has deepened after the country's top court backed the contested presidential election victory of Felix Tshisekedi.

World • 20 Jan 19

The runner-up in the presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Martin Fayulu, has said he will mount a legal challenge to the result

Opposition leader declared winner of DRC's election

Opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi has been declared winner of DR Congo's presidential election, but his victory was dismissed by the runner-up and questioned by the Catholic church, clouding the vote's legitimacy and hopes of peace.

World • 11 Jan 19

Results are still coming in from 73,000 voting stations across the DR Congo

Church urges 'truth' in DR Congo election results

The Roman Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo has said it knows who has won last Sunday's presidential election, and has called for the results to be made public.

World • 04 Jan 19

DR Congo govt cuts internet to avert 'popular uprising'

The DR Congo government said today that it had cut the country's internet services to avert a "popular uprising" as tensions rise pending the results of fractious presidential elections.

World • 01 Jan 19

MSF has increased its bed capacity at is treatment centre

MSF warns Ebola outbreak in DR Congo 'will continue'

The NGO Médecins Sans Frontières has expressed concern over the rising number of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

World • 03 Dec 18

Médecins Sans Frontières health workers move a patient to hospital

Congo confirms near record number of new Ebola cases

Thirteen new cases of Ebola have been confirmed in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the highest daily counts since the start of the outbreak in July, according to the country's health ministry.

World • 22 Nov 18

DR Congo: Democracy on the brink

With elections scheduled for December the stakes could not be higher for the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Democratic Republic of Congo • 18 Aug 18

Containing an Ebola outbreak in a "war zone" is among the most difficult challenges the WHO has faced

Congo to use Ebola vaccine as early as next week

Democratic Republic of Congo will start using an Ebola vaccine as early as next week to counter a flare-up in the heavily populated eastern part of the Central African country, health minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga said.

World • 03 Aug 18

One of Glencore's open pit copper mines at Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Glencore facing money-laundering probe

US authorities have demanded Glencore hand over documents about its business in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Venezuela and Nigeria as part of a corruption probe.

Business • 04 Jul 18