Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters] Published On 23 May 202523 May 2025 The Senate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has voted overwhelmingly in favour of lifting the immunity of ex-President ...

Rwandans who returned from DR Congo recently said they were excited about the country’s safety and development after enduring life-threatening conditions in the neighboring county for decades.

The United Nations Group of Experts on Congo reported that Bitakwira has engaged in hate speech and encouraged discrimination and hostility towards the Tutsi community, including the Banyamulenge.

The visit was in line with APF's parliamentary mission of "good offices", which aims to support the search for sustainable solutions to the conflicts in eastern DR Congo. This approach is part of ...

PODCAST: Why are people talking about Kabila's return? What's the fighting in DR Congo all about? Dressed in a navy suit with a Congolese flag badge pinned to his lapel, Kabila stood before a ...

Forced labour is legal in DR Congo when mandated by a court for a criminal penalty, according to the US State Department. Both men have been barred from public service for five years from the end ...

In order to pursue the charges against him, DR Congo's military prosecutor had asked the senate to lift this privilege. Kabila has been living outside the country, in South Africa, for the past ...

US President Donald Trump showed a screenshot of Reuters video taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of what he falsely presented on Wednesday as evidence of mass killings of white ...

The World Food Programme (WFP) warned that food insecurity had worsened in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and neighboring countries as violence escalated in 2024. The conflict ...

Former Democratic Republic of Congo prime minister Augustin Matata Ponyo was sentenced on Tuesday to a decade's forced labour for corruption. Following a nearly four-year stop-start legal battle ...

The 53-year-old led DR Congo for 18 years, after succeeding his father Laurent, who was shot dead in 2001. He handed power to President Félix Tshisekedi in 2019, but they later fell out.