Dem Rep Congo, Africa

Uvira, DRC: Banana peels, sugar cane and manioc are widely found in the trash piles that collect outside of homes in the eastern Democratic Republic...

An epidemic of the haemorrhagic Ebola fever reported in Mweka and Luebo health zones in the southern province of Kasai Occidental is over, the...

Agency calls for release of all children from armed groups UNICEF welcomed today the release of 85 children by the Mayi Mayi armed group in North...

The escalation of conflict and upheaval of people from their homes and shelters have led to further violations of children's and women’s rights in...

The Democratic Republic of Congo government has agreed to a long-standing rebel demand for talks, to start on Monday, officials say.Until now, the...

LUSAKA Wednesday, November 26, 2008 (IRIN) - Fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is jeopardising a voluntary repatriation...

KINSHASA Tuesday, November 25, 2008 (IRIN) - Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed some 500 political opponents over the...

KINSHASA Tuesday, November 25, 2008 (IRIN) - Fears for the safety of internally displaced persons (IDPs) have escalated after the weekend shooting of...

The renegade general whose sweeping advance last month triggered mass panic in Eastern Congo and threatened total humiliation for the UN's biggest...

“I was worried about the gorillas and elephants,” Dusabimana John said, a ranger at Virunga National Park, standing amid ammunition discarded by...