In Kinshasa, women from across the country are raising their voices to demand an end to the ongoing conflict in eastern DRC. Their plea took the form of a detailed advocacy note, officially submitted ...

AS Monaco and the Ministry of Sports and Leisure of the Democratic Republic of Congo are pleased to announce an unprecedented collaboration between the Principality's club and “R.D.Congo, Coeur de ...

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A U.N.-mandated commission investigating suspected human rights violations and war crimes in Democratic Republic of Congo cannot proceed due to a funding crisis in the U.N. human rights office (OHCHR) ...

DR Congo are making just their fourth appearance at the Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), having last qualified for the ...

World Bank and DR Congo sign $2 billion financing deal for five strategic projects • Funds will support Inga 3 hydropower, infrastructure, digital transformation, and more • The World Bank's total ...

Congo has extended its ban on the export of cobalt, a key material in making electric vehicle batteries, for another three ...

The world's top cobalt supplier suspended exports in February after prices hit a nine-year low at just $10 a pound.

The president said representatives from both countries will meet in Washington, D.C. next week to sign the treaty, which is ...

Heineken has lost operational control and withdrawn its staff from its facilities in conflict-affected areas of eastern ...

Child soldiers are still being used in the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite promises to stop recruiting them.

Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...