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DR Congo polls open amid conflict in east, delays

Polling stations opened Wednesday in a high-stakes Democratic Republic of Congo general election pitting the incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi against a fragmented opposition, while much of the east of the country is mired in conflict

Denis Mukwege: Nobel-winning doctor hoping to heal DR Congo

DR Congo fishermen pin hopes on tourism as stocks dwindle

DR Congo set for final ceremony for Lumumba remains

Lumumba: Congolese anti-colonial icon who angered Belgian king

Lumumba's coffin visits Kisangani, where Congo's first premier found his way

After resting in his native village, the coffin of the former Belgian Congo's first post-independence prime minister on Friday pursued its memorial pilgrimage to the northeastern city of Kisangani

Old friend blames UN, Belgium for killing of Congolese hero Lumumba

Old friend blames UN, Belgium for killing of Congolese hero Lumumba

Belgium and the United Nations are to blame for failing to prevent the assassination of Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba, an 89-year-old former friend has told AFP

Remains of independence hero Lumumba return to DR Congo

Fraught ties between DR Congo and Rwanda date back decades

The Democratic Republic of Congo and its smaller eastern neighbour Rwanda are at loggerheads over a rebel group blamed for bloody attacks in eastern DRC

DR Congo rebels moving inland after joint border crackdown

DR Congo's most notorious armed group is moving inland from the border with Uganda after Ugandan and Congolese troops attacked its strongholds there, experts say

WHO Says Meningitis Outbreak in DR Congo Declared Over

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that a meningitis outbreak in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is now over

WHO: meningitis outbreak in DR Congo

Six dead, 19 missing in Congo River barge sinking

Six dead, 19 missing in Congo River barge sinking

Up to 25 people are feared dead when a barge sank on the Congo River, authorities in DR Congo's northeastern province of Tshopo said on Tuesday

Nobel winner Mukwege urges international court for DRC violence

Two dead in DR Congo protest clashes

DR Congo in mourning after funeral parties banned

A ban on funeral commemorations in Democratic Republic of Congo aims at preventing the spread of coronavirus -- but it has dealt a body blow to the country's most deep-rooted traditions and grandest social events

Job cuts in UN mission in DR Congo upset local workers

One killed, four injured as DR Congo police fire on banned protests

DR Congo police fire bullets, tear gas on anti-Kabila rally: AFP

General strike hits DR Congo cities