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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 …

The United Nations Joint Office for Human Rights (UNJHRO) accused the army in the Democratic Republic of the Congo of beating a human rights activist to death. On Twitter, the UN Joint Human Rights Office said activist Cabral Yombo succumbed to injuries after being tortured by soldiers who were under …

The Democratic Republic of Congo says its forces clashed with their Rwandan counterparts near the eastern border on Monday. According to an army spokesperson in North Kivu province, Rwandan forces crossed into Congo and tensions culminated into a clash. “A military company of Rwandan forces reached five kilometres into Congo…You …

Chance Mihonya, a rebel leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment. Chance Mihonya who created a rebel group in the Kahuzi Biega National Park in 2017 was arrested last year and found guilty of …

An outbreak of meningitis has been declared in the north-eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. So far, more than 120 people have died from the disease. The first cases in the DR Congo were reported in July. More than 100 people are receiving treatment at home and in …

Six secondary school students in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been banned from attending any school in the country. They had in fact filmed a sex tap which was widely shared on social media, Actualite Congo website reports. The six students were expelled following a directive by Education Minister …

The Democratic Republic of Congo has received 250,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine. The doses have been donated through the global Covax programme. It is the first time the country has received a vaccine other than the AstraZeneca jab. President Félix Tshisekedi himself was reluctant to take the AstraZeneca jab …

About 4,500 people have fallen ill and 12 have died in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo following a toxic leak from a diamond mine in neighboring Angola, the environment minister said. Eve Bazaiba, the environment minister said the DR Congo would ask for reparations for the …

Groups for protection of the environment have warned of a climate and biodiversity catastrophe if the Democratic Republic of Congo lifts a moratorium on new industrial logging permits, BBC News reports. Last month, the DR Congo government said it planned to end the ban which was imposed 19 years ago. …

At least four people were killed on Wednesday in an attack on National Road 4, which links North Kivu to Ituri, two provinces under siege in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The attack attributed to suspected ADF rebels targeted a convoy secured by the army and MONUSCO. In this incident, …