White House pauses removal of detainees to DRC as Ebola outbreak widens But Trump administration will not return detainees deported to third countries in disease-stricken region The Guardian - US · May 23
Congo cancel World Cup training and fan farewell amid deadly Ebola outbreak Congo’s football team has cancelled a World Cup training camp ahead of next month’s tournament The Independent UK · May 20
WHO worried about ‘scale and speed’ of Ebola outbreak KINSHASA - The World Health Organization chief voiced concern on Tuesday about the “scale and speed” of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo which has killed an estimated 131 people. Bangkok Post · May 19
DRC Ebola outbreak: 'Nobody has a grip on the numbers,’ top expert warns An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed dozens and spread beyond the country’s borders, with Jean-Jacques Muyembe – the Congolese scientist who co-discovered the virus nearly 50 years ago – telling RFI that health authorities may have detected the epidemic too late and still do not… Radio France Internationale · May 18
Orphaned bonobos find sanctuary in Congo from poachers and bushmeat trade Bonobos share nearly 99 per cent of their DNA with humans and, along with chimpanzees, are our closest living relatives The Independent UK · May 13
Warning of severe hunger crisis in DR Congo’s megacity Climate change and conflict are driving severe food insecurity across the largest country in Sub-Saharan Africa, while cuts to foreign aid are impacting the ability of UN agencies to respond The Independent UK · May 6
Latin American migrants deported from US await their fate in DRC The first group of Latin American migrants deported from the United States to the Democratic Republic of Congo has arrived in Kinshasa, under a controversial US scheme to transfer undocumented foreign nationals to third-party countries. They told RFI they feel "scared" in DRC. Radio France Internationale · Apr 24
UN welcomes progress on talks between DR Congo, M23 armed group MONUSCO, the UN's peacekeeping mission in DR Congo, has hailed progress after Kinshasa and rival M23 rebels agreed to ease humanitarian aid deliveries and release prisoners within 10 days, following talks last week in Switzerland. Radio France Internationale · Apr 20
About 15 Latin American deportees from the US arrive in Congo Fifteen people deported from the U.S. have landed in Congo's capital, Kinshasa The Independent UK · Apr 17
DR Congo will receive third-country deportees under new deal with US The Democratic Republic of Congo will receive third-country nationals deported from the United States under a new deal with the Trump administration, the government in Kinshasa said in a statement on Sunday. Radio France Internationale · Apr 6
Congo in talks with US over third-country deportations, sources say Democratic Republic of Congo is in talks with the Trump administration about receiving deportees from other countries, two government sources in Kinshasa told Reuters, in what would be the latest of several such agreements reached in Africa. Radio France Internationale · Apr 4
DR Congo weighs price of security in minerals deal with US A minerals-for-security deal between the United States and the Democratic Republic of Congo is facing a constitutional challenge in Kinshasa, with critics warning the government may be underselling the country’s vast mineral wealth. The partnership was praised by US President Donald Trump during a visit to Washington last week by… Radio France Internationale · Feb 9
DRC remembers fatal plane crash in Kinshasa city centre, 30 years on On 8 January 1996, a Russian-built Antonov aircraft crashed into a market in Kinshasha city centre, killing at least 237 people in one of the worst tragedies in African aviation history. Thirty years on, the market is bustling once more, but the city has not forgotten the victims. Radio France Internationale · Jan 8
Kinshasa’s last baobab: how a tree designed for survival faces its biggest threat yet In this week’s newsletter: nature’s last stand against the DRC capital’s rampant development, plus looking back on last year’s stories of hope The Guardian - UK · Jan 7
The Guardian - UK · Jan 7 ‘The soul of the city’: can Kinshasa’s last remaining baobab tree be saved? Across Africa, baobabs have rich symbolic meaning, but the breakneck expansion of the DRC’s capital has reduced their number in the city centre to one
Radio France Internationale · Dec 4, 2025 Washington summit on DRC-Rwanda relations aims for peace despite deep mistrust The leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are meeting in Washington to endorse two long-negotiated agreements, in a United States-backed push to revive a fragile peace process. The summit comes amid ongoing violence in eastern DRC and an atmosphere of mistrust, making progress uncertain.
The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2025 64 people missing after boat capsizes in DR Congo The vessel, which had left the port of Bena Dibele in Sankuru province, was bound for the capital, Kinshasa
Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2025 Sophie says sexual violence should ‘get under your skin’ during DR Congo visit The Duchess of Edinburgh spent four days in the country during a secret high-security trip to ‘shine a light’ on the ‘weaponisation of rape’.
Radio France Internationale · Oct 1, 2025 Former Congolese president Kabila sentenced to death for war crimes Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila was sentenced to death in absentia on Tuesday by a military court in Kinshasa. The court found him guilty of treason, war crimes and organising an armed insurrection over his alleged collaboration with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group.
Al Jazeera · Aug 19, 2025 M23-DR Congo peace talks in Doha stalled: What next? Both sides accuse the other of violating the terms of an earlier deal mediated by Qatar.
Radio France Internationale · Aug 17, 2025 French dictionary gets bad rap over Congolese banana leaf dish Diners flock to the terrace of Mother Antho Aembe's restaurant in downtown Kinshasa to enjoy "liboke", blissfully unaware of the linguistic brouhaha surrounding the Democratic Republic of Congo's national dish.
International Business Times · Aug 14, 2025 French Dictionary Gets Bad Rap Over Congolese Banana Leaf Dish Diners flock to the terrace of Mother Antho Aembe's restaurant in downtown Kinshasa to enjoy "liboke", blissfully unaware of the linguistic brouhaha surrounding the Democratic Republic of Congo's national dish.
Al Jazeera · Jul 18, 2025 UN experts cast blame on Rwanda and Uganda. What are they doing in DRC? M23 rebels take ‘instructions’ from Kigali, as Kampala ‘doubles’ army presence in DRC, says leaked report by UN experts.
Al Jazeera · Jul 1, 2025 Turning point or pointless turn: Will DR Congo-Rwanda deal bring peace? From critical minerals to M23 and grassroots exclusion, experts weigh in on whether the US-brokered deal can succeed.
International Business Times · Jun 30, 2025 Peace Deal With Rwanda Opens Way To 'New Era', Says DR Congo President A peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda aimed at ending decades of conflict in eastern DRC paves the way for "a new era of stability", Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said Monday.