The Latest Breaking News from Congo

Learn about the challenges in delivering aid amid a truce in eastern Congo, where ongoing violence persists.

A two-week truce in eastern Congo has heavily reduced fighting, but with a week left aid workers and local civil society groups say not much help has reached millions of people who are trapped in one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises

U.N. experts say that between 3,000 and 4,000 Rwanda government forces are deployed in neighboring eastern Congo, operating alongside the M23 rebel group which has been making major advances

Elon Musk is yet to prove that Tesla's cobalt suppliers weren't using child or forced labour at mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Beijing says several Chinese citizens missing after attack

The decades-old conflict in Congo’s mineral-rich east has “drastically deteriorated” since early 2022 and gotten even worse since last October, with sharp increases in sexual violence, the number of wounded and child recruitment, the top Red Cross official in the country says

Current case figures are ‘at the tip of the iceberg’ experts say

The spread of mpox in Africa needs to be addressed urgently, the World Health Organization has warned, as more deaths were reported from a mutated strain of the virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Goma dance festival, the largest dance festival in Congo, has taken place each year for the past seven years, despite ongoing attacks by rebel groups

In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, Rwandan President Paul Kagame discussed the tense relations between his country and neighbouring DR Congo. He said Rwanda is "ready" to go to war with DR Congo if necessary.

U.N. envoy expresses deep concern over children's well-being in conflict zones of Sudan, Congo, and Haiti, highlighting grave violations and the need for i...