A phone vibration drew my attention to an incoming message – a friend had sent a message with an attachment and a note reading, “This is...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday that hundreds of children and families in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) district of Goma were...
Thirty people have been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo after a one-day trial for their role in anti-police violence marking the end...
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has banned its citizens from traveling to China due to the outbreak of the deadly MERS & SARS-like...
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has continued to witness protests by angry nationals who are demonstrating against the inability of United Nations peacekeepers to keep...
The death of a journalist who has been raising awareness on the dreaded Ebola virus in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been confirmed by local...
Health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) say they are motivated after revealing that the 1,000th person to have recovered from Ebola during the...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has started a campaign targeting over 800,000 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a bid to tackle the...
A former health minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Oly Ilunga has been arrested for allegedly misusing the sum of $150 million meant to tackle...
The arrest of three Congolese doctors over the murder of a World Health Organisation (WHO), medic has been confirmed by a military prosecutor. According to Senior...
As fears rise over the spread of the dreaded Ebola virus, neighbouring Rwanda has moved to close its borders with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The...
Fears are increasingly on the rise in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after a man who became the second confirmed Ebola case in the eastern...
The United Nations health agency, World Health Organisation (WHO) has sounded a global alarm over the recent outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
A case of Ebola was confirmed in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sunday, for the first time since the outbreak began nearly a year ago....
The post election crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo may have reached boiling point after the country’s Constitutional Court confirmed the win of Felix Tshisekedi...
In a bid to find a way out of the lingering political crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the African Union has called for a...
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has called for a recount of votes of the just concluded presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo which...
There is palpable tension in the Democratic Republic of Congo after election loser Martin Fayulu appealed to the country’s Constitutional Court to cancel the provisional result...
Hours after the runner-up in the just concluded presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo vowed to challenge the outcome of the poll in court,...
There are fears of an eruption of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo after the runner-up in the just concluded presidential election vowed to challenge...
The vote results in the Democratic Republic of Congo which witnessed opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi emerge winner of the presidential elections has been rejected by the...
The head of the Independent National Election Commission (CENI), has declared opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi as the winner of the long delayed presidential election. According to...
Amid fears of a disputed result in the just concluded presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) authorities have deployed riot policemen at the...
The just concluded general elections staged in the Democratic Republic of Congo was marred by ‘major irregularities’, so says an observer mission. According to Congo-based SYMOCEL,...
There is palpable tension in the Democratic Republic of Congo with many on the edge after the head of the election commission revealed that the announcement...
Amid fears of violent protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to a delay in announcing election results, the US has deployed soldiers to neighbouring...
The opposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo has raised an alarm over a delay in announcing poll results claiming it could allow the ruling party...
For the second day running, internet and SMS services have been cut off by authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo as the country nervously awaits...
There is palpable tension in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after the country’s ruling coalition and opposition both claimed victory in the just concluded election...
Vote counting for the long delayed elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo has commenced with opposition saying the election was ‘deliberately disorganised’ after chaotic contest....
There is palpable tension in the Democratic Republic of Congo as the electoral commission has delayed voting until March 2019 in three cities over Ebola outbreak...
Voting is underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo as more than 46 million nationals have trooped out to elect a new president. Reports say as...
With less than 24-hours before the commencement of voting in Sunday’s presidential election, the opposition has accused authorities of trying to rig the vote in favour...
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have expelled European Union Ambassador Bart Ouvry ahead of the December 30 general elections. Reports say the move was...
By SOC Okenwa… The former Mobutian Zaire and now Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is touted to be the richest country in sub-saharan Africa in terms...
The outbreak of Ebola in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo has forced authorities in the region to roll out new prototype drugs...
Tragedy struck in the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), when a boat capsized in the Mombovo River, killing no less than 50...
There is panic at the river port city of Mbandaka in the Democratic Republic of Congo after two dying Ebola patients were spirited out of a...
The spokeswoman for the health ministry of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Jessica Ilunga has confirmed two new deaths and seven fresh cases following the...
Oly Ilunga, the Health Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed three new cases of Ebola in Mbandaka, a city of 1.2 million. The...
There are growing fears in the Democratic Republic of Congo as the dreaded Ebola virus has reportedly spread to an urban centre with an estimated population...
The Federal Government through the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) yesterday said the country is prepared for...
Residents of Bikoro, Iboko and Wangata health zones in Equateur province of the Democratic Republic of Congo heaved a sigh of relief after the first batch...
The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF warns that over 400,000 children risk death from starvation as on-going crisis in the Kasai region of Congo Democratic Republic...
The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has disclosed that the Federal Ministry of Health has stepped up surveillance at all entry points into Nigeria to prevent...
There is dire need of humanitarian assistance for 13 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to internal conflict gripping the country, so says...
The northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo is boiling again with a local civil society group claiming that no less than 40 people have...
The United Nations has warned that over two million children in the Democratic Republic of Congo risk starvation if they do not get aid anytime soon....
The UN peacekeeping mission in the vast Central African nation of the Democratic Republic of Congo has reveal that another probable 38 mass graves have been...
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been hit by flash floods which caused a river to burst its banks in the south of the country,...
