Continued conflicts prevent the central African nation from fully exploiting its natural riches. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been ravaged by what is aptly described as a “forgotten war” ...

The fall of Uvira, the second largest city in South Kivu province, to the Rwandan-backed armed group March 23 Movement (M23) on 10 December must catalyse the European Union (EU) and its member states’ ...

Dec. 4 (UPI) --President Donald Trump was expected to host the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., as they sign a peace treaty to end conflict and ...

In 2024, the DRC experienced an uptick in primary forest loss, with 590,000 hectares of forest lost, according to satellite data visualized on Global Forest Watch. Subsistence agriculture continues to ...

A bridge at a mine in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) collapsed due to overcrowding, killing at least 32 people, a regional government official said Sunday. The bridge at the Kalando ...

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Over the last year, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been embattled by a new wave of conflict and atrocity crimes. At the beginning of the year, M23 rebels seized several regions, including ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is facing a prolonged crisis, exacerbated by the recent cuts to USAID. Karla Capers/Oxfam Oxfam’s CEO and President Abby Maxman shares her experience traveling to DRC, ...

The DRC government's purpose is to achieve higher cobalt prices. Fastmarkets quoted on October 14, 2025: “The Democratic Republic of Congo, as the world’s leading producer, now holds real leverage to ...

Over the past decade, thousands of African gray parrots have been exported from the Democratic Republic of Congo despite a ban on their international trade. The endangered species, Psittacus erithacus ...

‘Spillover event’ in which an animal infected humans is likely to be the cause of 47 confirmed cases and 25 deaths. An outbreak of Ebola has been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ...