Uganda, Africa's largest refugee host, is imposing restrictions on movement after another spike in Covid-19 cases. This is creating an even greater economic struggle for the ... Read more »

Aid agencies say 350,000 people affected by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo near the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo are in need of urgent assistance. Mount ... Read more »

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to investigate recent deadly attacks by militants in the east and bring ... Read more »

Uganda and Burundi are finalising plans to build a new road to promote trade and commerce, will also circumvent a barrier presented by Rwanda's closure of Gatuna border in early ... Read more »

More than 20 Congolese women have accused aid workers of sexual abuse in claims that include rape and unwanted pregnancies, with United Nations investigators uncovering similar ... Read more »

Uganda and Kenyan officials have met to thrash out operational details in their push for the rehabilitation and seamless connection of the old metre gauge railway line, while ... Read more »

President Félix Tshisekedi had ordered the military and police officers to take over the governance of North Kivu and Ituri provinces after the volatile areas were declared ... Read more »

Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi has replaced all the civilian authorities in the provinces of North Kivu (some 1,600km east of Kinshasa) and Ituri ... Read more »

The World Health Organization has declared the end of the 12th Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo, just three months after the first case was reported in North Kivu. The Ebola outbreak ... Read more »

Renewable energy sources are key to addressing the climate crisis. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has 70 percent of the world's cobalt - used for batteries that enable ... Read more »