DRC: Belgian justice ordered to return Patrice Lumumba’s tooth to his family
The Belgian justice system has responded favorably to a request from the family of Patrice Lumumba to return a tooth of the Congolese leader assassinated […]
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DRC: Death threats over Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege
President Felix Tshisekedi is concerned about the safety of Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege. During the Council of Ministers, the head of state instructed […]
Thousands protest in DRC over electoral commission appointee
About thousand people demonstrated in Kinshasa on Sunday 19 June, at the call of the Lay Coordinating Committee (CLC). This organization, affiliated to the Catholic […]
Switzerland opens criminal investigation against Glencore for corruption in the DRC
It was the Anglo-Swiss trading, brokerage and materials extraction company that made the information public last Friday, after the stock exchange closed. Specializing in commodities […]
DR Congo: New outbreak of Ebola declared in northwest
A new outbreak of Ebola fever was declared in DR Congo, with new cases confirmed in the town of Mbandaka, at a time the is […]
Four journalists judged in appeal in Burundi
The trial on appeal of the four Iwacu(one of the last independent media in Burundi) journalists arrested on 22 October 2019 in Boubanza province, northwestern […]
Corruption: DR Congo president’s chief of staff arrested
The chief of staff to the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo was arrested on Wednesday in the capital, Kinshasa, after hours of questioning […]
DRC spy chief Delphin Kahimbi died by hanging – President
An inquiry into the death of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s spy chief has found that he died by hanging. At a weekly cabinet […]
Ebola vaccine approved in 4 African countries
Four African countries – the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Ghana and Zambia – have licensed an Ebola vaccine that can now be distributed. “The […]
DRC: Killings and violence “may amount to crimes against humanity” – UN
The United Nations said killings, rapes and other barbaric violence committed by an ethnic armed group in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo against a rival […]