The Latest Breaking News from DRC

The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Monusco) says it has taken measures against eight peacekeepers suspected of "serious misconduct", adding that it "strongly condemns such behaviour".

The Democratic Republic of Congo's leader Felix Tshisekedi has submitted his candidacy for a second term in office, joining a crowded list of presidential hopefuls including opposition heavyweights and a Nobel Peace Prize winner. The deadline for submission of candidates for presidential election was this Sunday.

Expansion of industrial-scale mines has led to forced evictions, Amnesty International says.

Soldiers to stay until December 8 as local opposition grows to peacekeepers and tensions between DRC and Rwanda simmer.

Security forces used lethal force last week to repress planned anti-UN protests in the city of Goma.

The three-decade conflict in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has led to the proliferation of hundreds of armed groups. With the violence appearing to take an ethnic slant, several groups have emerged claiming to be protecting their communities from attacks. One such group is the…

As violence and displacement worsens in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country’s children are facing the worst cholera outbreak since 2017.

We asked photographers around the world to make pictures of how the locals cope with this year's record heat. They created some really cool images.

A massive "resource for infrastructure" deal between China and the Democratic Republic of Congo has been criticised by Kinshasa as too favourable to Beijing. President Felix Tshisekedi was there in May to rebalance the contract. Three months later, Congolese civil society groups are upset over what they call a lack…