The last Ebola patient in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been discharged, marking an important milestone in the efforts to end the outbreak. The recovery kicks off a 42-day countdown to declaring the outbreak over if no further cases are confirmed.

Since the outbreak was declared on 4 September in Bulape health zone, Kasai Province, a total of 64 cases - 53 confirmed and 11 probable - were recorded. A

The Congolese government and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group have reached an agreement for the creation of joint ceasefire monitoring body. Representatives from both groups made the announcement via social media posts. It came after months of negotiation in the Qatari Capital, Doha.

The body will oversee the implementation of a

A military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has sentenced former president Joseph Kabila to death in absentia, convicting him of crimes including war crimes. The charges concern accusations that Kabila has been supporting the M23, a rebel group who have wreaked devastation across the country's eastern

The head of the UN mission in DR Congo, Bintou Keita, has said peace in the war-ravaged nation remains "a promise." Keita said despite the signing of the peace agreement between Rwanda and the DRC in June, including the declaration of principle in Qatar between the Congolese Government and the M23 rebel group the following month, the

Various control measures are being scaled up in the Democratic Republic of Congo in response to the latest Ebola outbreak, leading to quicker detection of the virus, early start of treatment and contact tracing, the World Health Organization has said. WHO also announced that it has begun a vaccine rollout.

In a statement, the

The World Health Organization has delivered tonnes of medical supplies to the Democratic Republic Congo (DR Congo) as it grapples with the latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, the 16th time the central African nation has been afflicted by the disease. Authorities in neighboring Uganda say the country is on high alert as they monitor the

The signatories to a U.S.-brokered peace agreement intended to end the decades-long conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo have recommitted themselves to implementing the deal. A committee charged with monitoring adherence to the agreement has said it "underscored their shared resolve to ensure the complete and timely implementation" of the peace deal. 

Hopes for peace were raised in June when the foreign ministers of Congo and Rwanda signed the peace agreement in

Prosecutors in the military court of the Democratic Republic of Congo have requested the death penalty for former president Joseph Kabila, who is on trial in absentia on charges that include treason, plotting to overthrow the government, and support for the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group.

Kabila has rejected the case as

Two new reports, from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, has shed new light on the violence in the eastern part of the country, with both the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels and the Wazalendo - a loose coalition of armed groups backed by the Congolese army - being accused of widespread human rights abuses, including gang rape.

The reports document how M23 fighters killed civilians, attacked hospitals and

The U.S. Department of Treasury has sanctioned four entities, which it says are responsible for "producing and trading" in conflict minerals in the DR Congo. The department said it targeted one of many armed groups carrying out illegal mining operations, "including through forced labor and violence against civilians". 

Companies in the DR Congo and China, who allegedly partner with armed