The Latest Breaking News from DRC

Six people killed in suspected bomb blast in Goma, DR Congo

In this edition of Eye on Africa, we go to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where six people have died following an explosion in a military camp in Goma. Meanwhile, the DRC's president travels to Nairobi to sign his country’s treaty of accession to the East Africa Community. And we…

France 24 · Apr 8, 2022

DRC's indigenous Batwa being wiped out in the name of conservation: NGO

Murder, rape, arson, immolating children and mutilating corpses are among some of the rights abuses allegedly being carried out against indigenous people by the military and forest rangers at Kahuzi Biega National Park, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 8, 2022

The DRCongo Lucha activists' sentencing is another example of lack of freedom: activists

The sentencing of 13 activists to one year in prison in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for speaking out against the government-imposed “state of siege” is an example of the curtailing of freedom in the public space, according to activists and human rights experts.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 6, 2022

Eight killed as UN helicopter crashes in eastern DRC

Six Pakistanis, Russian and Serbian peacekeepers die as chopper crashes during reconnaissance mission in North Kivu.

Al Jazeera · Mar 30, 2022

DRC is set to become 7th member of the east Africa trading bloc: what's in it for everyone

Shortly after his controversial electoral victory in early 2019, the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Felix Tshisekedi sought to get his country admitted into the East African Community. Recently, the East African Community ministers recommended the DRC’s admission, a decision set to be formalised by the bloc’s…

The Conversation · Mar 23, 2022

Doctors without Borders suspends operations in NE Congo due to violence

French charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) announced on Monday that it would stop its humanitarian aid operations in two villages in the north eastern Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo due to an increase in violent attacks, two of which recently targeted its workers.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 22, 2022

Cobalt Miner CMOC's Profit Doubles on Heating Demand for EVs

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Benzinga · Mar 22, 2022

Nests vs jobs: will a new port spell doom for DRC’s olive ridley turtles?

Despite recent success in increasing numbers, Congo’s rising sea levels, coastal erosion and now the country’s first deep sea port pose new threats

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2022

Death toll climbs to 75 in southeastern DRCongo train derailment

The death toll from a freight train that derailed over the weekend in Lualaba, southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has risen from 60 to 75 after more bodies were discovered, says officials.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 15, 2022

Uganda-DRC reparations verdict raises questions about the price of justice

In 2005, the International Court of Justice found that Uganda had committed serious violations of international law during the 1998-2003 war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The Conversation · Mar 3, 2022