Democratic Republic of the Congo

Rebel group M23 takes control of Congo town, in blow to peace talks in Africa

The M23 rebel group consolidated control over the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Uvira on Thursday, endangering peace efforts in the region.

Vendors and customers crowd a market in Uvira on December 9, 2025.
(From L-R) US President Donald Trump, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, and Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi hold  a signed document during a signing ceremony at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, December 4, 2025.

Congo, Rwanda leaders affirm commitment to Trump-backed peace deal

Families sail in a boat as it departs for Minova from a pirogue dock on the shores of Lake Kivu in Bukavu on February 21, 2025.

At least 19 people die in Congo boat accident

Relatives mourn their kin who was killed in his farm following an attack by Islamic State-affiliated Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels, in Mbimbi location of Oicha in Beni territory, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo September 10, 2025.

Islamic State-linked rebels kill 89 civilians in east Congo attacks, UN force says


Uganda president says ex-Congo leader gave sanctuary to Islamist rebels

The president of Uganda has accused a former leader from the Democratic Republic of Congo of providing sanctuary and resources to Islamist rebels.

 Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (left) listens

Uganda detains 20 rebel 'collaborators' after student massacre

"At least 20 suspected ADF collaborators have been arrested, to assist with our investigations," the country's police force said in a statement.

Locals gather at the cordoned scene outside the Mpondwe Lhubirira Secondary School, after militants linked to rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed and abducted multiple people, in Mpondwe, western Uganda, June 17, 2023.

Law barring DR Congo’s only Jewish politician from presidency reconsidered

The bill has been criticized by human rights organizations, who are calling it unconstitutional, fearing that it could reignite violence in the recently war-torn state. 

Moises Katumbi speaks at the European Jewish Association's Jerusalem Day gala in Brussels, Belgium on June 4, 2016.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo: A natural ally of Israel in Africa

Congolese Christians know about blessing Israel and being blessed. They want to see Congo thrive under the leadership of their president, aa role model in Africa and the world.

 CONGO BLESS Israel committee members welcome the writer at Kinshasa international airport in Congo’s capital – with songs in Hebrew, making note of this being his first visit to Africa.

New Ebola case confirmed in eastern Congo -national medical institute

The country has recorded 14 outbreaks since 1976. The 2018-2020 outbreak in the east was Congo's largest and the second largest ever recorded, with nearly 3,500 total cases.

 A member of the French Red Cross disinfects the area around a motionless person suspected of carrying the Ebola virus as a crowd gathers in Forecariah, Guinea.

WHO officials investigating potential Ebola case in Congo

DR Congo's National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB) is currently testing samples from the patient in order to confirm whether or not they were infected with Ebola.

A Congolese boy walks past a wall in Beni, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, April 1, 2019.

Congo nun overcomes blackouts with homemade hydroelectric plant

It took three years to gather the required $297,000 and build the plant.

 A nun lights up a village in Congo with a micro hydropower plant in Miti near Bukavu

Suspected Islamists kill 21 civilians in eastern Congo

Fighters believed to be from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked the village of Masambo on Sunday night.

 An Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) soldier walks along a road after Islamist rebel group called the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked area around Mukoko village, North Kivu province of Democratic Republic of Congo, December 11, 2018.

Congo close to deal to recover $2b. worth of assets from Israeli investor

A commission set up to negotiate with Fleurette Group had concluded terms of a memorandum of understanding.

 Workers mend a pipe as crushed ore is transported on a conveyor belt at the Kibali gold mine Haut-Uele province, Democratic Republic of Congo October 8, 2021

US sanctions man linked to Israeli investor in mining corruption scandal

The US Treasury Department said in a statement it designated Alain Mukonda, accusing him of making payments into proxy bank accounts for investor Dan Gertler.

 Signage is seen at the United States Department of the Treasury headquarters in Washington, DC