July 11

• Medical Charity Criticizes UN's Congo Mandate

  VOA

  The French aid group Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) is asking U.N. peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo to stay away from the... Read more »

July 10

• UN Brigade in DRC Not Magic Solution, Says Commander

  VOA

  The commander of the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo says the U.N.'s new intervention brigade in Congo is not a magic solution to the country's problems.... Read more »

July 09

• The United Nations Welcome That Criminalization of Torture in the DRC Is Moving Forward [press release]

  Monusco

  Two years after the enactment of the law criminalizing torture, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) welcomes progress in the fight against this scourge and the... Read more »

• UN Welcomes Progress in Ending Impunity for Torture

  UN News

  The United Nations has welcomed the progress made in the fight against torture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following the enactment two years ago of a law... Read more »

• Hearings in Bemba Trial Resume Next Week

  Bemba Trial Website

  Hearings in the war crimes trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have been cancelled this week. The next witness to testify on behalf of the former... Read more »

July 08

• New Urgency to Talks With M23 Rebels [guest column]

  allAfrica

  There is a new urgency to the latest round of talks in Kampala between the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and its foes in the M23 rebel group. Read more »

• Judges Admit NGO Reports Into Evidence Against Bemba

  Bemba Trial Website

  International Criminal Court (ICC) judges have admitted reports by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) into evidence in the trial of Congolese opposition leader Jean-Pierre... Read more »

July 05

• UN Experts Examine Eastern Congo Strife [analysis]

  African Arguments

  The Mid-Term Report of the sometimes controversial UN Group of Experts focuses on the major events of the conflict in eastern Congo since the beginning of the year. Read more »

• Women and Children First [press release]

  AlertNet

  Medair's new health project aims to save lives and protect the health of the most vulnerable people in D.R. Congo. Read more »

July 04

• Huge Dam Project Faces Challenging Schedule [analysis]

  African Arguments

  Within slightly more than two years, construction work for a third dam and hydropower station should start at the Inga falls on the Congo river in the Bas-Congo province, about 230... Read more »

• Obama's 'Fascinating' Silence on Rwanda, Uganda [opinion]

  Friends of the Congo

  President Barack Obama concluded his trip to Africa on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. After visiting Senegal and South Africa, President Obama's last stop on his African tour was in... Read more »

• DR Congo Security Personnel Detain 15 Zambian Fishermen

  Zambia Reports

  Fifteen Zambian fishermen have been detained by Democratic Republic of Congo security after they allegedly strayed into the neighbouring country's territory. Read more »

• Media in the DRC - No Money, No Voice?

  RNW Africa

  Some thought that coupage would be an incentive for Congolese journalists to do their jobs better. In exchange for broadcasting a certain report or covering a particular event,... Read more »

July 03

• Will Congo's Poor Benefit From World's Largest Dam Project? [opinion]

  Fahamu

  Despite being in the path of this huge project, the people have very little information about the dam and the impacts it will bring to their lives. The situation is the same... Read more »

• Suspected Foreign Troops Harassing Kaputa Villagers

  Times of Zambia

  SUSPECTED Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) nationals in military attire have allegedly encroached on land in Kaputa District in Northern Province. Read more »

• DRC Refugees in Uganda (and What They Took With Them)

  RNW Africa

  If forced to flee your home in order to survive, what would you take? What could you take? Twenty-year-old Jean Claude 'Van Damme' Ndongizimana escaped from the eastern DRC with... Read more »

July 02

• Illegal Wood Uncovered in the EU [press release]

  Greenpeace

  An illegal shipment of endangered wood from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been found at a processing factory in the European Union, run by the controversial Swiss... Read more »

• Democratic Republic of the Congo - Humanitarian Action Prevents the Worst [press release]

  ICRC

  With swathes of the country under no effective control, a multiplicity of armed groups and steadily mounting atrocities against civilians, the future looks bleak for a population... Read more »

July 01

• A Mother's Worry [press release]

  IFRC

  When conflict came to her village in Central African Republic, Rosalie Gére Yagbandi, like many other mothers, took her nine children and fled to neighbouring Democratic... Read more »

June 27

• UNICEF and MONUSCO Condemn Rapes in South Kivu [press release]

  Unicef

  The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in DRC, Mr. Roger Meece and the Country Representative of UNICEF, Ms. Barbara Bentein are deeply concerned about... Read more »

May 24

• Refugee Seeks Asylum and a Science Career [staff blog]

  RISE

  The story of Alain Mufula, a native of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), illustrates the many roadblocks, delays, and dangers that can hold back even the most talented and... Read more »