Suspected militants of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed at least 17 people and injured four others in eastern DR Congo's North Kivu province on Sunday (March 12).

Suspected ADF militants kill at least 17 in eastern DR Congo province

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday evacuated dozens of their staff working on the Ebola epidemic from the town of Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to the worsening security situation.

WHO, UNICEF evacuate 76 staff from Ebola teams in Congo due to insecurity

Between 10 and 21 civilians were killed in two attacks by a notorious militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where government forces have vowed to root out armed groups, sources said Wednesday.

At least 10 killed in eastern DR Congo by ADF rebels

DR Congo on Wednesday announced that key elections due to take place nationwide on December 30 would be postponed to March in two regions troubled by violence. But those delays will not affect the timetable for the presidential ballot, which is being held alongside legislative and provincial elections, the national election commission CENI said.

DR Congo further delays December 30 poll in two conflict zones

Observers say the answer may lead all the way to the halls of power in the vast, mineral-rich & chronically unstable central African nation

Who's behind the massacres in Congo's Beni region?

Members of the Allied Democratic Forces stormed the town on Saturday afternoon, a regional official said

Twenty-two civilians killed in DR Congo bloodbath