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Ten male prisoners have been found guilty of raping dozens of female inmates during a violent riot at an overcrowded jail in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Thirty-seven women and a teenage girl testified that they were repeatedly raped during a three-day riot at Kasapa Central Prison near Lubumbashi in …

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have announced that they will launch Air Congo, a new airline in collaboration with African giant Ethiopian Airlines. The Congolese government said it is optimistic, as the process is moving forward. The company will be launched in the first quarter of 2022 and …

A suicide bomber struck a restaurant in the city of Beni in east Congo on Saturday, killing at least five people as well as himself, local officials said. “The suicide bomber, prevented by security guards from entering a crowded bar, activated the bomb at the entrance of the bar,” the …

Government in the Democratic Republic of Congo has declared over, the ebola outbreak detected earlier in the eastern part of the country, in which six people out of 11 infected have died. Health Minister Jean-Jacques Mbungani made the declaration after 42 days without any new infections. Only five days after …

Dozens of inmates at Boma prison in western Democratic Republic of the Congo have escaped, enjoying loud music being played during a burial in the neighborhood to distract the guards. Nine inmates were arrested near the prison and one injured when guards fired into the air while 19 inmates were …

Vital Kamerhe, the former chief of staff of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi, has returned to his residence after being granted a provisional release by a high court in the country. Mr. Kamerhe, provisionally released for health reasons, is doing well and has been reunited with his …

A high court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has ordered the provisional release of Vital Kamerhe, former chief of staff to president Felix Tshisekedi, his lawyer said on Monday. Mr Kamerhe has been serving a 13-year sentence for embezzling $48 million in public funds. He started his sentence last …

The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, has sacked the boss of the state-owned mining company, Albert Yuma, who had run the company for more than a decade. President Tshisekedi says cleaning up the mining sector is a key priority and he had been under international …

At least 22 people have been killed in an attack in a camp for displaced people in Ituri province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local media have reported. The armed group Cooperative for the Development of the Congo (Codeco) are blamed to have opened fire on the camp. Twenty …

Eight new cases of the Ebola virus have been recorded in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports on Wednesday. Of the eight cases, there have been six fatalities, the WHO’s regional office for Africa said on its Twitter account. Some 573 …