September 29, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Nation Wants to Move Up the Battery Supply Chain
The African country aims to process its own raw materials rather than simply exporting them. To succeed, the country needs roads, electricity and skilled workers. Read more »
September 01, 2023
Uganda: DR Congo and Uganda - Are New Roads Part of War Compensation?
Ugandan taxpayers' money is being used to build roads in Democratic Republic of Congo. But why? And does this have anything to do with Uganda's compensation payments after the… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Over 40 Feared Dead Amid Anti-UN Protest
A crackdown on anti-UN protests resulted in more than three dozen deaths. The army also said 160 people had been detained. Read more »
July 23, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Soldier Opens Fire At Son's Funeral
The soldier killed over a dozen civilians after learning his son had been buried in his absence, according to DRC military and a local official. Most of the victims are children. Read more »
June 29, 2023
Africa: UN Peacekeepers Increasingly Unwelcome
UN peacekeeping missions in Africa are struggling to restore peace and stability to the nations in which they operate. Some African states want them out. Read more »
June 15, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: What One More Massacre in DR Congo Says About MONUSCO
The end of the UN peacekeeping mission to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is being heralded. But the massacre at a camp for displaced people on Sunday points to failures,… Read more »
June 17, 2023
Uganda: Death Toll Rises in School Attack Near DR Congo Border
Authorities said 41 people were killed when an Islamic State-aligned group attacked a school in the nation's west. Read more »
June 15, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Asks ICC to Probe North Kivu War Crimes Allegations
The referral is the second time the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has appealed to the ICC, after an initial referral in 2004 that convicted three former militia… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: What One More Massacre in Congo Says About Monusco
The end of the UN peacekeeping mission to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is being heralded. But the massacre at a camp for displaced people on Sunday points to failures,… Read more »
June 12, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Dozens Killed in Attack On Camp for Displaced - UN Peacekeeping Mission
The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo said militants attacked a camp it runs for internally displaced people in Ituri province, killing at least 45… Read more »
May 08, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: 'We Are Finding Bodies Every Minute' - Horror of Floods and Landslides
Floods hit villages of the eastern Kalehe territory earlier this week, causing rivers to overflow. Villages were submerged, with landslides causing destruction. Read more »
April 15, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Dozens Killed By Rebels in East
The CODECO rebel group has been blamed for the attacks on villages in DRC's Ituri province. The militant organization was once a peaceful agricultural cooperative. Read more »
April 09, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Around 20 Killed in Isamic State-Linked Attack
The "Islamic State" has claimed responsibility for the attack near Beni, which killed around 20 farmers. North Kivu has been plagued by violence as numerous rebel militias vie for… Read more »
March 20, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Rebels Continue to Overpower DR Congo's Defense Forces
As Angola sends troops, Congo hopes that new military alliances can stop the violence in its eastern regions. Massacres are increasing, humanitarian aid is paralyzed and a new mass… Read more »
March 15, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Dilemma - Generate Oil Wealth or Combat Climate Change?
The Democratic Republic of Congo wants more money for climate projects. Otherwise, oil drilling could replace fishermen in the world's largest peat bog. And that could spell… Read more »
March 09, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Dozens Dead in Suspected ADF Attack
Suspected Allied Democratic Forces militants, an insurgent group with ties to the "Islamic State," have killed at least 36 people in an overnight attack in eastern Congo. Read more »
March 04, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: EU to Set Up Air Bridge to Fly Aid to DR Congo
The European Union says it will soon deliver aid to people in need in the Democratic Republic of Congo's conflict-stricken North Kivu province. Read more »
February 02, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: 'We Hope That the Pope's Presence Will Bring Peace to the Country'
A papal mass drew a crowd of over a million people to Kinshasa this week. Prayers were said for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the power of the Catholic Church is… Read more »
January 29, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Pope Francis Travels to the DR Congo
The first pontiff to travel to Congo in 37 years will bring a simple message of peace, perhaps strengthening the sense of community in a nation where the Catholic Church has long… Read more »
January 23, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: M23 Leaves a Trail of Trauma in Eastern DR Congo
Displaced survivors and witnesses of atrocities at the hands of the armed group M23, which is fighting the army in eastern Congo, have told DW about their trauma as they seek to… Read more »
January 17, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Are European Mercenaries Fighting in the DR Congo Conflict?
Western diplomats are deeply worried about the sudden appearance of Eastern European mercenaries in the volatile eastern Congo. Despite denials by Kinshasa, rumors abound that it… Read more »
January 15, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Church Attack Kills Several People
An explosive device was detonated at church in the northeast of the country in what the the military has labelled a "terrorist act." Read more »
January 03, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Mission Moves to Protect Civilians
MONUSCO and the Congolese army want to counter the movements of the M23 rebels in the North-Kivu region as swiftly as possible, while Rwanda continues to deny its support of the… Read more »
December 31, 2022
Africa: Economies in Africa Had It Rough in 2022
Record inflation, high debt levels and weak currencies sent the cost of living soaring in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa throughout the year. Read more »
December 21, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: United Nations Eases DR Congo Arms Embargo
The Congolese government wants to speed up the procurement of weapons to help it fight rebel groups in the east. The UN also renewed its peacekeeping mission in the DRC for another… Read more »