The Latest Breaking News from Congo

Democratic Republic of Congo has made progress in implementing transparency in its extractive mining sector but needs to do more in publishing contracts and revenues from the sector, a global anti-corruption body said.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says it has credible evidence that army units in the Democratic Republic of Congo backed armed groups that were implicated in serious abuses during fighting with rebels in the east of the country.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry urged the participants of the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) to show a spirit of collective responsibility and set aside narrow national interests to come up with solutions to confront climate change. Shoukry attended the pre-COP27 meeting at the ministerial level…

A homemade explosive device went off in a cinema in the eastern Congolese city of Butembo on Monday, wounding at least three people, an army official said.

High-level speakers at climate talks in Kinshasa called out rich nations on Monday for failing to honour a $100 billion per year funding pledge to developing countries, warning that fair finance was needed to avert the worst of the climate crisis.

For nearly three decades, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been embroiled in violence. Millions of people have been killed and an estimated 5.6 million others displaced by civil wars, local feuds and cross-border conflicts. The neighbouring countries of Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda have been locked into this ongoing…

Humanitarian workers say hunger is now soaring in eastern Congo after months of fighting between M23 rebels and the army

The 26-year-old Congo international could return to the club in January as part of the deal.

The auctioning of oil and gas blocks in Congo has stirred resistance and concern among local Indigenous communities worried about damage to their homes and large swaths of forest, according to a report released Thursday by several environmental groups