Presidential elections that will shape the future of one of Africa's biggest and most unstable countries were underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday after a two-year delay.

Volatile DR Congo votes after two-year delay

The World Health Organization chief warned Friday that growing unrest in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was disrupting efforts to rein in an Ebola outbreak, threatening gains made in fighting the deadly virus.

WHO chief warns DR Congo unrest threatening gains in Ebola fight

One of the world's powder-keg countries faces a crunch test on Sunday when the Democratic Republic of Congo heads into elections marred by delays, clashes and fears of polling-day chaos.

Volatile DR Congo braces for troubled election

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

Seventeen people have been killed in two attacks by the ADF militant group in the troubled Benin region of eastern DR Congo, a local mayor said Friday. Twelve civilians died in Mangolikene on the outskirts of Beni city in North Kivu on Thursday while another five were killed overnight in the Paida area, mayor Nyonyi Masumbuko Bwanakana told AFP.

17 people killed in twin attacks in DR Congo

Eight United Nations peacekeepers were killed in an operation against a rebel militia in eastern DR Congo, the UN Security Council said on Thursday. One Tanzanian and seven Malawian peacekeepers were killed, the council said, raising the toll from an earlier count.

Eight UN peacekeepers killed in eastern DR Congo

The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to more than 200, the health ministry said on Saturday. The ministry said it had recorded 201 deaths from the virus and that 291 cases have been confirmed since the outbreak began in August.

Death toll tops 200 in DR Congo Ebola outbreak

The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 118, authorities have said, with three children among the recent victims.

Ebola death toll rises in DR Congo

At least 60 people died and scores suffered serious burns on Saturday after an oil tanker collided with a vehicle on an arterial highway in the west of DR Congo.

60 dead, scores burnt in DR Congo road disaster

Doctor Denis Mukwege was conducting his second operation of the day in his hospital when someone came inside and told him that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize this year.

Dr Mukwege was informed about Nobel Peace Prize while conducting operation

DR Congo on Friday congratulated crusading Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege for his "very important work" in healing rape victims but underscored that it was often at odds with him.

DR Congo hails Mukwege Nobel win but says he's 'not infallible'

Congolese President Joseph Kabila pledged at the United Nations on Tuesday that elections planned for December will go ahead, promising to take steps to ensure the vote is peaceful and credible.

At UN, Congolese President Joseph Kabila vows 'peaceful, credible' DR Congo vote

Ebola can reach a mortality rate of up to 90 per cent, and is widely feared for its destructive internal and external bleeding.

13th confirmed Ebola death in latest DR Congo outbreak, 27 suspected in total

The WHO was fiercely criticised over its handling of the epidemic and has pledged to improve its emergency response

DR Congo triggers 'action plan' as Ebola toll mounts

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo blocked the internet in Kinshasa and set up roadblocks throughout the city ahead of planned protests Sunday demanding that President Joseph Kabila leave power

DR Congo blocks internet ahead of banned protests

Unidentified assailants stabbed 12 patients in their hospital beds in the restive DR Congo city of Goma

12 patients stabbed in their hospital beds in DR Congo

The landslide occurred last Wednesday in the northeast village of Tora on the banks of Lake Albert when part of a mountain engulfed a fishing camp after heavy rains

Death toll in DR Congo landslide climbs to 140

Local officials and activists say almost all of them were hacked to death with machetes

25 civilians dead in DR Congo ethnic attack

President Kabila will stay until the 'end of 2017' but a transition council will be established

Deal to end DR Congo political crisis reached

President Kabila's apparent refusal to leave office after his term ended December 20 has sparked violent protests that left at least 40 dead

DR Congo rivals 'on the verge' of signing crisis deal: Mediator

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