Nearly 200 people have been killed and 40,000 have been displaced since January following a surge of attacks by the ADF militia in the northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN said on Friday.

DR Congo’s prime minister, Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, resigned on Friday, the presidency said, a move enabling President Felix Tshisekedi to appoint his own premier supported by a new parliamentary majority. Presidency spokesman Giscard Kusema told AFP that Illunga “said he had drawn the consequences of the developing political situation

The arrest of a local cleric in Lubumbashi over incitement provoked protests in Haut-Katanga province.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has rejoined a key trade partnership with the United States that will grant it duty-free access to US markets.

Kenya’s former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka is attempting to mediate between two wrangling sides in the ruling coalition in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The humanitarian world has pledged to combat the scourge of sexual abuse within its ranks following shock revelations of alleged exploitation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.