From the Vatican to the Philippines, Catholics were spending their Easter Monday saying goodbye to their spiritual leader Pope Francis.
His death comes at one of the most important times of the year for followers of the Roman Catholic Church, and (...)
Millions of African Catholics, as well as the continent's leaders, are mourning a man who they felt spoke for Africa.
Home to nearly a fifth of the Church's followers, or 272 million people, Africa is becoming increasingly important in the Catholic (...)
A boat has capsized after catching fire in the north-western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), leaving at least 50 people dead and hundreds missing, a local official has said.
Dozens were saved following the accident on the Congo (...)
Three Americans have been transferred to the United States after their death sentences over a foiled deadly coup were commuted to life imprisonment last week by Congolese authorities, in the wake of talks with US government officials.
The Americans, (...)
Torrential flooding in the Congolese capital has killed at least 22 people and severely disrupted access to more than half of the city, including its main international airport, officials said on Sunday.
Most of the deaths in Friday's heavy rains (...)
Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi has vowed to restore government authority in the east, where Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized control of the city of Goma and are reportedly advancing south to take more territory.
In a televised address to (...)
Three Chinese nationals have been arrested with 12 gold bars and $800,000 (£650,000) in cash in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say.
The gold and money were hidden under the seats of the vehicle they were traveling in, according to (...)
As many as 102 men were executed by the Congolese government in the past week, and 70 more are set to be executed, the country's minister of justice said Sunday in a statement to the Associated Press.
It said the men, aged 18 to 35, were armed (...)
Medical staff on the front line of the battle against mpox in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have told the BBC they are desperate for vaccines to arrive so they can stem the rate of new infections.
At a treatment center in South Kivu province (...)
A mortar attack in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed three soldiers from a southern African military force.
All of those who died were from Tanzania. Three others were hurt.
"Hostile" missile fire "fell near the camp where they (...)
Emile Bolingo is not sure how long he and other residents of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, can hold out.
This major city in the region, with about two million people, has been cut off from the farms that feed it for several (...)
Floods have wreaked chaos in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, with water pouring into homes and residents navigating submerged roads via canoe.
The overflowing River Congo, passing through much of the country, has also (...)
President Félix Tshisekedi has been declared the winner of Democratic Republic of Congo's election, which has been condemned as a "sham" by several opposition candidates demanding a rerun.
The president won about 73% of the vote, with his nearest (...)
With smartphones, editing apps, and innovative approaches, some UN peacekeeping operations across the world are building a "digital army" aimed at combating mis- and disinformation on social media networks and beyond.
Designing ways to fight back (...)
DR Congo has declared Rwanda's shooting of one of its fighter jets an "act of war", amid mounting tensions.
Rwanda's government said it took "defensive measures" against a plane that had violated its airspace — a claim denied by DR Congo.
This is a (...)
The Democratic Republic of Congo government has blamed a notorious rebel group for a bomb attack at a Pentecostal church in Kasindi, in the east of the country.
Ten people were killed as church-goers attended Sunday worship, officials say.
At least (...)
At least 120 people are dead after heavy rains in the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the government, the dpa reported.
The rainfall caused major flooding and landslides on Tuesday night in parts of Kinshasa, a (...)
At least 120 people are dead after heavy rains in the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the government, the DPA reported.
The rainfall caused major flooding and landslides on Tuesday night in parts of Kinshasa, a (...)
A UN investigation has found that at least 131 civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo died in a November attack by the M23 rebel group.
The UN report said the massacre took place in two villages — Kishishe and Bambo — in the Rutsuhuru (...)
Congolese Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde met, in Kinshasa, today with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
During the meeting, they discussed a number of issues of common interest between the two countries, in addition to ways to protect (...)
Over the last 10 years, the number of people around the world who have been forced to flee their homes and become displaced in their own countries, has more than doubled. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the increase in internally (...)
Senegalese President Macky Sall, current chairman of the African Union (AU), said Sunday he was "gravely concerned" by the "rising tensions" between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), asking for calm from the two.
"I am gravely (...)
There is an "urgent need" to support the victims of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) according to a local organization which works on the issue with the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, MONUSCO.
The (...)
The health authorities of the African nation declared a new outbreak of Ebola after a case was confirmed in Mbandaka, a city in the north-western Equateur Province, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Saturday.
The infected patient was a (...)
Fabien Mwingwa once fought as a child soldier with an armed group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Today, he has turned his life around, and works for the UN peacekeeping mission in the country as a firefighter, helping to keep local (...)
