Thirty people were sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday for their role in anti-police violence marking the end of Ramadan in the capital Kinshasa.

30 sentenced to death over anti-police clashes in DR Congo

Hospitals in DR Congo's troubled North Kivu province have been overwhelmed by people wounded by weapons after violent protests over the UN's perceived failure to stem civilian massacres, the international Red Cross said Saturday.

Wounded from anti-UN protests flood DR Congo hospitals

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Programme, a record 27.3 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo are facing acute hunger.

UN Agencies: Scale of acute hunger in DR Congo is now ' staggering'

The United States on Wednesday blacklisted two Islamist extremist organisations in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique over their connections with the Islamic State.

US blacklists two groups in Congo and Mozambique over connections with ISIS

Hundreds of villagers flocked to a small village of Luhihi in the Democratic Republic of Congo to illegally mine gold after a mountain made-up of gold deposits were discovered.

Watch: Mountain made of gold-rich ores found in DR Congo, locals rush in with shovels

Fighters killed at least 10 civilians in two overnight attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The fighters are said to be belonging to the notorious Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militia.

Militia raids in eastern DR Congo kill ten civilians

Italy on Wednesday asked the United Nations for a probe into the killing of its envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo. "We have formally asked WFP (World Food Programme) and the UN to open an investigation to clarify what happened, the reasons behind the security arrangements used and who was responsible for these decisions," Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio told parliament.

Italy urges UN to probe killing of Italian envoy in DR Congo

Italian ambassador to DR Congo Luca Attanasio has been killed in an attack on UN convoy. The Italian President has confirmed the death of its ambassador to DR Congo and denounces the 'cowardly' attack.

Your Story: Italian ambassador to DR Congo dies in attack on UN convoy

Four people have died from Ebola in the latest outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Officials say people have been resisting measures to contain the disease, and hence, the number has increased.

Ebola toll hits four in DR Congo

Health workers in two African countries are working overtime to contain an Ebola outbreak. More than 10 cases are being reported out of Guinea and Congo. At least 7 people have died. Is this the beginning of a new epidemic? WION's Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: An Ebola outbreak in Africa in the middle of a pandemic

The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed a third Ebola case this week in North Kivu province. A new outbreak would be Congo's 12th since the virus was first discovered near the Ebola river in 1976.

DR Congo confirms third Ebola case in North Kivu province

A new case of the Ebola virus disease was found in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, almost three months after the outbreak ended. A woman admitted to a hospital with Ebola symptoms died two days later. Results of her test showed she had been infected with the Ebola virus, which is transmitted by wild animals.

DR Congo: One woman dies after being admitted with Ebola symptoms

Twenty-five people have been killed in a suspected militia attack in the eastern DR Congo region of Beni, where hundreds have died in violence since November, a local official said Wednesday, blaming the attack on the notorious ADF militia.

25 civilians killed in attacks in eastern DR Congo, ADF militia blamed: Officials

MPs turn over tables and throw chairs in parliament amid a political crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It came a day after President Felix Tshisekedi announced the end of the governing coalition, which was formed in January last year with the parliamentary majority.

Violence in DR Congo Parliament as political crisis grows

Democratic Republic of Congo has announced the end of Ebola outbreak in western Equateur province, nearly six months after cases were reported and amid the rise of COVID-19 in the Central African nation.

DR Congo is now Ebola free says Health Minister

The humanitarian world has pledged to combat the scourge of sexual abuse within its ranks following shock revelations of alleged exploitation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

UN, NGOs shaken by DR Congo sex abuse claims

India, which is among the largest troop contributors to the UN peacekeeping, will deploy two medical teams in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan after a request by UN chief Antonio Guterres to scale-up health infrastructure in the areas managed by the Indian peacekeepers to help contain the COVID-19 outbreak.

India to deploy two medical teams in DR Congo, S Sudan to help combat COVID-19

Belgium's King Philippe expressed his "deepest regrets" for the harm done during Belgian colonial rule in DR Congo, in a first for his country. "I want to express my deepest regrets for these wounds of the past whose pain is reawakened today by the discrimination still present in our societies," Philippe said Tuesday in a letter to DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi to mark the country's 60th independence anniversary.

Belgian king expresses 'deepest regrets' over DR Congo colonial past

Eighteen people in eastern DR Congo's troubled region of Beni have been killed in a fresh attack by a notorious armed group, a local official said on Monday. "There was an incursion in Apetina-Sana by the ADF last night," Beni administrator Donat Kibwana told AFP, referring to the Allied Democratic Forces militia.

Eighteen killed in new militia attack in eastern DR Congo

A total of 2,231 people have died out of 3,373 declared cases of Ebola in the current epidemic in the DR Congo, according to the agency overseeing the response, health officials said Sunday.

DR Congo Ebola death toll 2,231 to date: Report

Three Ebola workers in eastern DR Congo have been killed, adding to the toll of people who have died fighting the nearly 16-month-old epidemic, a local UN source said Thursday.

Three Ebola workers killed in troubled eastern DR Congo: UN

Twenty-three bodies were recovered on Sunday after a small plane crashed on takeoff into a densely populated area of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, rescue workers said.

DR Congo plane crash: Death toll jumps to 23

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

U.N. peacekeepers should progressively withdraw from DR Congo by the end of 2022 at the earliest, a strategic review said Wednesday, in the first tentative timeline to exit a country grappling with militia violence and Ebola.

U.N. mulls slow DR Congo drawdown despite ongoing bloodshed

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