The DR Congo accounts for about two-thirds of the world's cobalt, a key component of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power electronic devices and electric vehicles, ... Read more »
Former opposition leader Succes Masra, who was named in January as Prime Minister, has announced his bid for the presidency. The move follows the recent killing o Read more »
Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Angolan President Joao Lourenço recently met in Luanda to discuss the security situation in eastern DR Congo. During the one-day working ... Read more »
Military leaders from five countries have been meeting in Eastern DR Congo to devise a coordinated strategy to end the fighting that risks escalating into a regional conflict. The ... Read more »
Chad's electoral commission has unexpectedly announced that presidential elections, aimed at ending three years of military rule in the central African country, will now take Read more »
The United Nations Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan - which was tasked with aiding the transition from dictatorship to democratic rule - has ended its mandate. But UN ... Read more »
Just 20km from Goma, capital of North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, fighting is raging over the town of Sake. Escalating violence is forcing people to ... Read more »
The latest conflict in Eastern DRC has resulted in catastrophic conditions for the local population, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP) ... Read more »
While the M23 rebels, backed by Rwanda, and the DR Congo troops continue battlling over the strategic town of Sake, which is on the way to Goma, refugee camps and hospitals a Read more »
Hundreds of women took to the streets of Kinshasa to demand an end to violence as fighting again surges between the army and rebel forces in eastern DR Congo. The protesters Read more »
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