Police in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, fire tear gas and arrest demonstrators calling for the departure of the UN's MONUSCO peacekeeping mission

Strike over civilian massacres brings DR Congo's east to a halt

Politics Apr 09
Two cities in eastern DR Congo were "paralysed" Monday, local sources said, on the first day of protest strikes over continuing massacres of civilians which the army and UN peacekeepers have failed to stop.
Women and children are among those known to work in DR Congo's informal mines (file photo)
DR Congo gold mine collapse leaves 50 feared dead
Politics Sep 13
Rescuers are digging through rubble after a gold mine collapsed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving about 50 people feared dead.
King Philippe of Belgium
Belgian king 'regrets' DR Congo's colonial past
Politics Jun 30
Belgium's King Philippe has expressed his "regrets" for "acts of violence" and "suffering" of the Congolese people during the colonial period.
Patrice Lumumba
African Heroes - Patrice Lumumba
African Heroes May 10
Patrice Hemery Lumumba was a renowned leader of the 19th Century in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He fought for independence and was recognized as the leader of the Congo National Movement Party.
Dismay as DR Congo ‘offers its citizens’ for coronavirus vaccine testing
Dismay as DR Congo ‘offers its citizens’ for coronavirus vaccine testing
African Diaspora Health Apr 05
The Democratic Republic of Congo has said it will offer its citizens for any future testing of a vaccine against the coronavirus.