Aid workers kidnapped in DRC’s troubled east
Bukavu – Three Congolese employees of the US aid organisation International Medical Corps (IMC) are among four men who have... Read more
7 Oct, 2021
‘Covid business’ in DRC exposed by report
Kinshasa – The Democratic Republic of Congo’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has suffered from the kind of mismanagement seen... Read more
7 Oct, 2021
DRC leader wants ‘frank’ co-operation in WHO sex abuse probe
Kinshasa – The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo wants “frank” co-operation in a probe of allegations of rape... Read more
2 Oct, 2021
Reporter testifies in trial over two UN experts’ murder in DRC
Kananga – A Congolese journalist testified before a military tribunal on Thursday in a trial over the March 2017 murder... Read more
1 Oct, 2021
5 headless bodies exhumed at a house in DRC… ritual killings suspected
Bunia – Five headless bodies have been exhumed at a house in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of... Read more
1 Oct, 2021
Surge of killings in eastern DRC, says UN
Kinshasa – Summary killings in the troubled east of the Democratic Republic of Congo surged last month, driven by rebel... Read more
30 Sep, 2021
WHO chief sorry for sex abuse by Ebola workers in DRC
Geneva – World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus apologised on Tuesday on what he called a “dark day”... Read more
29 Sep, 2021
More arrests over video of UN experts’ murder in DRC
Kinshasa – Two more people have been arrested for possessing a video of the 2017 killing of two United Nations... Read more
29 Sep, 2021
‘Negligence’ by WHO staff to blame for sexual abuse in DRC – commission
Geneva – Independent investigators mandated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to probe allegations of sexual abuse by its staff... Read more
28 Sep, 2021
New lava lake lets DRC volcano ‘breathe’, experts say
Goma – The reappearance of a lava lake in the crater of the Nyiragongo volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of... Read more
26 Sep, 2021
