Democratic Republic of the Congo

Country in Central Africa

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DROC, or simply either Congo or the Congo, and historically Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. It is, by area, the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa, the second-largest in all of Africa, and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of around 107 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most-populous officially Francophone country in the world, as well as the 3rd-most populous country in Africa the 14th-most populous country in the world. It is a member of the United Nations, Non-Aligned Movement, African Union, and COMESA. Since 2015, the Eastern DR Congo has been the scene of an ongoing military conflict in Kivu.

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Italy holds state funeral for Congo ambassador Italy on Thursday held a state funeral for its ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and his bodyguard killed in an ambush that a cardinal said should prompt everyone to "hear the cry" of a.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:35Published 3 days ago

Italy asks UN for probe into killing of envoy in DR Congo Credit: FRANCE 24 English Duration: 03:41Published 3 days ago

Italy repatriates victims of Congo ambush 'tragedy' Flags flew at half mast in Rome on Tuesday as Italy paid its respects to the country's envoy to Democratic Republic of Congo, his bodyguard and their driver who were killed in an ambush. David Doyle.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 02:10Published 4 days ago

DR Congo accuses Rwandan Hutu rebels of killing Italian envoy Credit: FRANCE 24 English Duration: 00:48Published 5 days ago

Italian ambassador among 3 killed in attack on UN convoy in DRC Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio, a policeman and their driver killed after a UN convoy was attacked in eastern DRC. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:45Published 5 days ago

DR Congo attack: Italian ambassador among three people killed Credit: FRANCE 24 English Duration: 03:14Published 5 days ago

Italy's DRC ambassador killed in U.N. convoy attack Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and two others have been killed in an attempted kidnapping targeting a United Nations convoy in the east of the Central African country. David.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:16Published 6 days ago

Italian ambassador to DR Congo shot dead in attack on UN convoy The Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and an Italian carabineri police officer were killed on Monday while traveling in the DRC in a UN convoy, the Foreign Ministry said. Credit: Euronews English Duration: 02:29Published 6 days ago

Italy confirms death of its ambassador to DR Congo Credit: FRANCE 24 English Duration: 00:28Published 6 days ago

Italian ambassador's body believed to be at field hospital The body of the Italian ambassador killed in a road ambush in Democratic Republic of Congo is believed to have been taken to a field hospital in Goma on Monday (February 22). Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 00:48Published 6 days ago

Italian ambassador killed in DR Congo attack Credit: FRANCE 24 English Duration: 01:19Published 6 days ago

Italian ambassador to DR Congo dies after UN convoy attacked Italian ambassador to DR Congo dies after UN convoy attacked. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 00:54Published 6 days ago

'Goma cheese': The rare art of cheese-making in DR Congo Credit: FRANCE 24 English Duration: 02:01Published 1 week ago

Ashley Judd describes Congo rescue after breaking leg Actress Ashley Judd is thanking rescuers in Congo after she suffered a horrific leg injury in the rainforest. Credit: Bleacher Report AOL Duration: 01:53Published 2 weeks ago

DRC boat disaster: Rescuers struggle to reach victims' bodies The struggle to reach hundreds of bodies - believed to be trapped in a boat that capsized in Democratic Republic of Congo. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 01:56Published 2 weeks ago

Ebola outbreaks in Africa must be stopped - White House The Biden administration on Tuesday said everything possible must be done to stop Ebola outbreaks in the African nations of Guinea and Democratic Republic of Congo before they become large epidemics... Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:16Published 2 weeks ago

Boat sinks in DR Congo lake, at least 60 drown Several hundred more are missing after a large boat sank on Lake Mai-Ndombe in the western DRC. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 01:46Published 2 weeks ago

DR Congo's Tshisekedi names new PM after power struggle Credit: FRANCE 24 English Duration: 01:31Published 2 weeks ago

Trending: Ashley Judd hospitalised following accident in the Congo, Justin Timberlake apologises to Janet Jackson and Britney Sp In case you missed it here's what's trending right now..... Credit: Cover Video STUDIO Duration: 01:29Published 2 weeks ago

DR Congo crackdown: UN warns against growing clampdown on govt critics Credit: FRANCE 24 English Duration: 02:04Published 3 weeks ago

New Ebola case detected in eastern Congo A new case of the Ebola virus has been detected in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo near the city of Butembo, and the infected person has died, the health ministry said on Sunday. Edward Baran.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:18Published 3 weeks ago

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Italian ambassador to DR Congo killed after convoy attacked during kidnap attempt Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed in an attempted kidnapping, the United Nations has said. Sky News - Published 6 days ago
Monolith in Democratic Republic of Congo destroyed with sticks and fire The latest metal monolith has been set on fire after it appeared in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sky News - Published 1 week ago
Third case of Ebola in a week discovered in Democratic Republic of Congo A third Ebola case this week has been confirmed in Democratic Republic of Congo. Sky News - Published 2 weeks ago

Congo Ebola death investigated to see if woman was infected through husband's semen Two women have died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this week, as experts seek to confirm whether the virus can live in the semen of male survivors for up to three years. Sky News - Published 2 weeks ago
Congo mining provinces impose new COVID-19 lockdowns Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo's southeastern mining heartland announced temporary lockdowns on Tuesday in an effort to widen coronavirus testing and prevent a worrying situation from.. Reuters - Published on June 16, 2020
Congo says it will launch a tender for a new passport maker after Semlex talks fail The Democratic Republic of Congo will tender for a new passport-maker after talks with Brussels-based manufacturer Semlex fell through, the country's foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Reuters - Published on June 16, 2020

Congo probing 'violent death' of judge in landmark graft trial Democratic Republic of Congo's justice ministry said it had launched a murder investigation after an autopsy found the judge overseeing a landmark corruption trial of the president's chief of staff had.. Reuters - Published on June 16, 2020
Judge in landmark Congo graft trial died violent death, says minister The high court judge overseeing a landmark corruption trial of the president's chief of staff in Democratic Republic of Congo died a violent death from blows to the head, the justice minister said on.. Reuters - Published on June 16, 2020
Dozens missing after boat capsizes on Congo side of Lake Kivu Dozens of people were missing after a boat sank on Lake Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, government officials and a civil society leader said on Tuesday. Reuters - Published on June 16, 2020
World Bank approves $1 billion for health, education in Congo The World Bank said on Tuesday it had approved $1 billion in funding for Democratic Republic of Congo's education and health systems that have been weakened by years of under-funding, conflict and.. Reuters - Published on June 16, 2020

Congo's gold being smuggled out by the tonne, U.N. report finds Gold production in Democratic Republic of Congo continues to be systematically underreported while tonnes of the precious metal is smuggled into global supply chains through its eastern neighbours, a.. Reuters - Published on June 15, 2020
Veteran Congo politician Pierre Lumbi dies from coronavirus Veteran Congolese politician Pierre Lumbi, once an advisor to former President Joseph Kabila and latterly a leading opposition figure, died on Sunday, friends and allies said, becoming the country's.. Reuters - Published on June 14, 2020
Leopold not to blame for Congo abuse, Belgian king's brother says The brother of Belgium's king joined a swelling debate about its past on Friday by saying that King Leopold II, under whose rule millions of Congolese were killed or maimed, could not have "made people.. Reuters - Published on June 12, 2020	Mercy Corps says more than $600,000 lost in Congo aid scam International aid agency Mercy Corps on Thursday said it believed over $600,000 was siphoned from its emergency cash programme in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in a scam that could have targeted.. Reuters - Published on June 11, 2020
Congo prosecutor seeks 20-year sentence for president's chief of staff Prosecutors asked a high court in the Democratic Republic of Congo to sentence Vital Kamerhe, the president's chief of staff, to 20 years in prison for his alleged role in the embezzlement of more than.. Reuters - Published on June 11, 2020	WHO hopes to work with U.S. on Ebola despite Trump criticism The World Health Organization hopes to work "side by side" with the United States to contain an outbreak of Ebola in Congo, its chief said on Wednesday, despite their differences over the new.. Reuters - Published on June 10, 2020
Should we remove statues of Congo's coloniser king, Belgian councillor asks A Brussels councillor has urged a debate on what to do with statues of Belgian King Leopold II, the brutal coloniser of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, which have been defaced by.. Reuters - Published on June 10, 2020	Up to 12 infected in Congo's new Ebola outbreak: WHO Up to 12 people have been found infected with Ebola in a new outbreak of the deadly disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Reuters - Published on June 8, 2020
Inspired by U.S. protests, some Belgians want colonial king statues removed Inspired by global protests at the death of unarmed black American George Floyd, some 30,000 people in Belgium have signed two petitions to remove statues of the country's colonial-era King Leopold II,.. Reuters - Published on June 4, 2020	Two more people infected with Ebola in new Congo outbreak, WHO says The Ebola virus has infected two more people in Equateur province in western Democratic Republic of Congo and spread to a new area 150 km (93 miles) away from the original six cases, the World Heath.. Reuters - Published on June 3, 2020
Militia kills 16 villagers in Democratic Republic of Congo raid Militia fighters killed 16 people in a raid on a village in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, the latest in a spate of ethnic attacks that the United Nations has said could be.. Reuters - Published on June 3, 2020	Congo hit by a second, simultaneous Ebola outbreak Authorities in Congo announced a new Ebola outbreak in the western city of Mbandaka on Monday, adding to another epidemic of the virus that has raged in the east since 2018. Reuters - Published on June 1, 2020
Congo declares new Ebola epidemic, 1,000 km from eastern outbreak Democratic Republic of Congo declared a new Ebola epidemic on Monday in the western city of Mbandaka, more than 1,000 km (620 miles) away from an ongoing outbreak of the same deadly virus in the east. Reuters - Published on June 1, 2020	U.N. warns of possible war crimes in northeastern Congo Widespread and systematic killings, beheadings, rape and other barbaric acts by militia mostly from the ethnic Lendu community in northeastern Congo may constitute crimes against humanity and war.. Reuters - Published on May 27, 2020
Forty villagers killed in massacre in northeast Congo Suspected Islamist militants have killed at least 40 people in northeastern Congo, a rights group said on Wednesday, the latest in a wave of attacks against civilians in the mountainous jungles near.. Reuters - Published on May 27, 2020	Judge in graft trial of Congo president's chief of staff dies The high court magistrate overseeing a landmark corruption trial of the Congo president's chief of staff died of a heart attack overnight in the capital Kinshasa, police said on Wednesday, ruling out.. Reuters - Published on May 27, 2020
Suspected Islamist militia kills at least 17 in northeastern Congo Suspected Islamist fighters killed at least 17 people in an early morning raid on a village in northeastern Congo on Monday, a local civil society leader and a monitoring organisation said, the latest.. Reuters - Published on May 26, 2020	New hotline helps families survive abuse in Congo Four days after the Congolese government shut down Kinshasa's pulsating nightlife, her husband knocked out some of her teeth and went to live with his mistress, leaving her bleeding and naked on the.. Reuters - Published on May 26, 2020
U.N. prosecutor: remains of Rwandan war crimes suspect found in Congo The remains of a fugitive major suspect in Rwanda's 1994 genocide have been identified in a grave in the Republic of the Congo, a United Nations war crimes prosecutor said on Friday. Reuters India - Published on May 22, 2020Also reported by •Reuters	DR Congo police crackdown on sect killed 55 in 'bloodbath': Human Rights Watch Democratic Republic of Congo police killed at least 55 people in a crackdown on a separatist religious sect in April, more than double the toll reported by the interior ministry at the time, Human.. Reuters - Published on May 19, 2020
Armed group kills 20 villagers in northeast Congo An armed group killed at least 20 civilians in an overnight raid on a village in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, the latest incident in a surge of ethnic violence that has forced.. Reuters - Published on May 17, 2020	Congo president replaces chief of staff amid graft trial Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has temporarily replaced his chief of staff Vital Kamerhe who is charged with stealing public funds, the president's spokesman said on Tuesday. Reuters - Published on May 12, 2020
Armed group in northeast Congo says to lay down weapons An armed group in northeast Congo known for using fetishes to protect its fighters said on Monday it would lay down its arms and end attacks against civilians and the army, weeks after its leader was.. Reuters - Published on May 4, 2020	DR Congo police arrest leader of separatist cult after deadly clashes Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday arrested Ne Muanda Nsemi, the leader of a separatist religious sect, killing eight of his followers as they raided his home in Kinshasa, the.. Reuters - Published on April 24, 2020
Eastern Congo militia ambush kills 16, including 12 park rangers Suspected Hutu militiamen killed 16 people, including 12 rangers, on Friday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park, a government official said, in the deadliest such attack in.. Reuters - Published on April 24, 2020	Fourteen Congo separatists killed in clashes with police, locals Fourteen members of a religious sect aiming to revive the pre-colonial Kongo kingdom died during clashes with the police and locals in western Democratic Republic of Congo, the interior ministry said.. Reuters - Published on April 23, 2020
Twenty-three floors up, seven siblings endure lockdown in Congo Ibrahim points down to the empty main boulevard in downtown Kinshasa, Congo's capital, which has resembled a ghost town since April 6 when the government imposed a neigbourhood-wide lockdown in.. Reuters - Published on April 20, 2020	Escape of Ebola patient in Congo sparks fear of further infection An Ebola flare-up in eastern Congo may spread again after a patient escaped from a clinic, complicating efforts to contain the disease that has infected six people since last week, the World Health.. Reuters - Published on April 19, 2020
Congo records second Ebola death in days: WHO Democratic Republic of Congo recorded a second Ebola death in days following more than six weeks without a new case, the World Health Organization said on Sunday. Reuters - Published on April 12, 2020	Congo governor condemns rising insecurity at mines in gold province Illegal mining and trading are fuelling worsening violence on mine sites, the governor of Democratic Republic of Congo's gold-rich Ituri province said, after armed robbers killed four people, including.. Reuters - Published on April 11, 2020
Ebola patient dies in Congo, first case in 50 days The first person to contract Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo in more than 50 days has died, the government said on Friday, ending hopes that the second worst outbreak of the disease in history.. Reuters - Published on April 10, 2020	Man who contracted Ebola in Congo has died: regional health authorities A man who contracted Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo has died, regional health authorities said in a statement on Friday. Reuters - Published on April 10, 2020
First Ebola case in Congo in 50 days, dashing hopes that outbreak over Democratic Republic of Congo recorded its first case of Ebola in more than 50 days, the government said on Friday, ending hopes that the second worst outbreak of the disease in history might be over. Reuters - Published on April 10, 2020	Congo reports first Ebola case in six weeks The first case of Ebola in more than 50 days has been detected in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the government said on Friday, in a major setback to hopes that the second worst outbreak in.. Reuters - Published on April 10, 2020
In parts of Africa, police are accused of excess force amid coronavirus lockdowns Days after Congo announced emergency restrictions to curb the new coronavirus, a police video started circulating online showing an officer in the capital beating a taxi driver for violating a.. Reuters - Published on April 10, 2020

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Country in Central Africa

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