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News Articles: Democratic Republic of Congo

People walk through the flooded streets of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday.

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  • Africa

Flooding death toll in Congo's capital reaches 33 as officials race to help victims

Heavy rains began last week, causing the key Ndjili River to overflow on Friday and submerge hundreds of buildings. Many residents blamed the government for not responding quickly enough.

April 08, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Red Cross personnel load bodies of victims of the fighting between Congolese government forces and M23 rebels in a truck in Goma, Monday as the U.N. health agency said 900 died in the fight.

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  • World

Rwanda-backed rebels tell residents of captured eastern Congolese city they are safe

The rebels continued advances in eastern Congo despite their own announcement of a cease-fire. The U.N. secretary-general called for them to lay down their guns and agree to mediation.

February 07, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
M23 rebels patrol the streets of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wednesday.

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  • Africa

5 things to know about the fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to claim more territory in one of the world's most mineral-rich territories.

January 31, 2025
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By:
  • Emmet Livingstone
UN armoured personnel carriers deploy outside Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025.

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  • Africa

International peacekeepers killed as fighting rages around eastern Congo's key city

Fighting with M23 rebels in eastern Congo has left at least 13 peacekeepers and foreign soldiers dead. M23 has made significant territorial gains in recent weeks, encircling the eastern city of Goma.

January 26, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Democratic Republic of the Congo - vector map

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  • Global Health

What was 'Disease X' and what can we learn from it?

Four weeks after a puzzling outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization has identified the cause.

December 31, 2024
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By:
  • Gabrielle Emanuel
A general view of the Chinese mining company COMMUS (Musonoïe Mining Company Global SAS), downtown Kolwezi.

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  • Africa

D.R. Congo's mining capital is at the heart of Biden's bid to counter China in Africa

Kolwezi has some of the world's largest copper and cobalt reserves and that makes it a key location at the heart of the U.S. and China's jostle for mineral supremacy on the African continent.

December 04, 2024
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By:
  • Emmet Livingstone
People look at a billboard in Kinshasa on Oct. 30, 1974, announcing the fight between U.S. boxers Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. That day, Ali knocked out Foreman in a clash of titans known as the "Rumble in the Jungle," watched by 60,000 people in the stadium in Kinshasa and millions elsewhere.

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  • Sports

50 years on, D.R. Congo commemorates boxing's 'Rumble in the Jungle'

The historic fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman is still revered as a cherished moment in the central African country's troubled history and has spurred an enduring love of boxing.

November 01, 2024
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By:
  • Emmet Livingstone
An aerial photograph from 2023 of the Rusayo camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Goma in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Hundreds of thousands of Congolese have found refuge around Goma after fleeing fighting further north. Two new reports document a 'staggering' increase in rapes over the past year.

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  • Global Health

Why this country is seeing a 'staggering' increase in the number of rapes

New reports from Physicians for Human Rights and Doctors Without Borders document a "massive influx" of sexual violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. What can be done to stop it?

October 22, 2024
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By:
  • Gabrielle Emanuel
The Nkamira Transit Center in western Rwanda is home to more than 6,000 refugees who fled violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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  • Africa

Violence in eastern Congo has displaced millions. Some end up at this camp

The Nkamira Transit Center is home to thousands of refugees who fled violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The decades-long conflict is a legacy of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

April 05, 2024
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By:
  • Juana Summers,
  • Tinbete Ermyas,
  • and 1 more
A million people celebrated a papal mass in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital on the second day of Pope Francis' visit to the conflict-torn country.

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  • Religion

Pope Francis celebrates Mass with million faithful in Democratic Republic of Congo

A rapturous reception as Pope Francis celebrates Mass with a million worshipers in the capital Kinshasa.

February 01, 2023
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By:
  • Emmanuel Akinwotu
Bystanders look on as Pope Francis travels by popemobile as he departs the airport in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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  • World

Pope Francis is in Democratic Republic of Congo, its first papal visit since 1985

His trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan will highlight the long-running conflicts in both countries and the rising importance of Africa to the future of the Catholic Church.

January 31, 2023
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By:
  • Emmanuel Akinwotu
This photo from July, 1960 shows Patrice Lumumba. He was assassinated 6 months later.

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  • World

Belgium returned a single tooth to the Congo this week. Here's why

Patrice Lumumba was the first democratically elected prime minister of the Congo, and was assassinated in a Belgian-supported coup. Can the return of his remains help them reconcile over colonialism?

June 21, 2022
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Ashish Valentine,
  • and 1 more
This photo from July, 1960 shows Patrice Lumumba. He was assassinated 6 months later.

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  • World

Belgium returned a single tooth to the Congo this week. Here's why

Patrice Lumumba was the first democratically elected prime minister of the Congo, and was assassinated in a Belgian-supported coup. Can the return of his remains help them reconcile over colonialism?

June 21, 2022
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Ashish Valentine,
  • and 1 more
Nada Thsibwabwa poses in a robot-like costume that he created using old mobile phones, in Matonge district, Kinshasa. The country is a major producer of coltan, an ore used in cellphones and other electronics.

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  • Photography

PHOTOS: Congolese artists channel 'Mad Max' and Chewbacca with costumes made of trash

Using found materials and trash, artists from the Democratic Republic of Congo create getups that draw attention to Kinshasa's woes. Belgian photographer Colin Delfosse snaps their portraits.

May 31, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Shipley
Nada Thsibwabwa poses in a robot-like costume that he created using old mobile phones, in Matonge district, Kinshasa. The country is a major producer of coltan, an ore used in cellphones and other electronics.

Tagged as: 

  • Photography

PHOTOS: Congolese artists channel 'Mad Max' and Chewbacca with costumes made of trash

Using found materials and trash, artists from the Democratic Republic of Congo create getups that draw attention to Kinshasa's woes. Belgian photographer Colin Delfosse snaps their portraits.

May 31, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Shipley
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