The UN says the number of people forcibly displaced from their homes has more than doubled in the past two years with almost 430,000 displaced in the past three months. ... Read more »
The Southern African Development Community chairperson, President Jacob Zuma, says the organization is committed to assisting the people of the DR Congo achieve sustainable peace, ... Read more »
Authorities agreed last December to postpone the presidential election until the end of 2017, but the electoral commission says it can no longer be held until April 2019. Read more »
The United States and European Union should expand targeted sanctions on President Joseph Kabila's family members and financial associates benefitting from unlawful activity in the ... Read more »
Human Rights Watch has called on authorities in the country to unconditionally release nine human rights and pro-democracy activists detained for their participation in peaceful ... Read more »
President Joseph Kabila told the UN General Assembly that Kamuina Nsapu, a mystical religious tribal militia is using civilians as a human shield, and has carried out attacks on ... Read more »
The Commission on Human Rights in the country says any new government will not be legitimate because a third of the population is displaced, futhermore, opposition leaders are ... Read more »
Registration has opened in Kananga and Tshikapa, another city in the Kasai, and might take time to extend to the rural areas. Faint hopes of peace are starting to show, writes ... Read more »
At least 18 Burundian refugees have been killed after security forces from the Democratic Republic of Congo fired on a group of refugees in the South Kivu province of eastern DRC. Read more »
Corruption and mismanagement of revenue agencies is preventing over a fifth of mining proceeds from reaching the national treasury lobby group, Global Witness says. Read more »
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